US 12,147,279 B2
Transferrable interface
James H. Foster, Oxford (GB); Durrell Bishop, London (GB); Emma Clark, Farncombe (GB); and Nicolas V. Scapel, London (GB)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/653,111.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/158,766, filed on Mar. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0291726 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/80 (2018.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01)
CPC G06F 1/1698 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0202 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06Q 20/321 (2020.05); G06Q 20/3278 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable electronic device, comprising:
a display;
a sensor to detect a presence of an operable object near the portable electronic device;
a processor to cause the display to depict an interface corresponding to the operable object based at least in part on a detection of the presence of the operable object, the interface comprising an input element that provides functionality for the operable object beyond functionality available through an input element of the operable object, the input element comprising a greater number of inputs than the input element of the operable object; and
a wireless communication module to emit a signal instructing the operable object to perform an action based at least in part on an input to the interface, the action comprising control of the functionality for the operable object beyond the functionality available through the input element of the operable object.