US 12,481,420 B2
User interface for manipulating user interface objects with magnetic properties
Nicholas Zambetti, San Francisco, CA (US); Imran Chaudhri, San Francisco, CA (US); Jonathan R. Dascola, San Francisco, CA (US); Alan C. Dye, San Francisco, CA (US); Christopher Patrick Foss, San Francisco, CA (US); Aurelio Guzman, San Jose, CA (US); Chanaka G. Karunamuni, San Jose, CA (US); Duncan Robert Kerr, San Francisco, CA (US); Christopher Wilson, Sonoma, CA (US); Eric Lance Wilson, San Jose, CA (US); Lawrence Y. Yang, Bellevue, WA (US); Gary Ian Butcher, Los Gatos, CA (US); Nathan De Vries, Alameda, CA (US); and Jonathan P. Ive, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on May 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/200,335.
Application 18/200,335 is a continuation of application No. 15/818,500, filed on Nov. 20, 2017, granted, now 11,656,751.
Application 15/818,500 is a continuation of application No. 15/655,253, filed on Jul. 20, 2017, granted, now 11,537,281, issued on Dec. 27, 2022.
Application 15/655,253 is a continuation of application No. 15/049,064, filed on Feb. 20, 2016, granted, now 9,823,828, issued on Nov. 21, 2017.
Application 15/049,064 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2014/053961, filed on Sep. 3, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/873,360, filed on Sep. 3, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/959,851, filed on Sep. 3, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/873,356, filed on Sep. 3, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/873,359, filed on Sep. 3, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2024/0061567 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04883 (2022.01); G04G 21/00 (2010.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06F 3/0485 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/04847 (2013.01) [G04G 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 1/1694 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04806 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable electronic device, comprising:
a crown;
a display;
one or more processors;
a memory; and
one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
displaying content on the display of the wearable electronic device;
detecting a rotation of the crown;
in response to detecting the rotation of the crown:
in accordance with a determination that the rotation is in a clockwise direction, navigating content through a stationary focus area in a first direction that is based on the rotation in the clockwise direction; and
in accordance with a determination that the rotation is in counter-clockwise direction, navigating content through the stationary focus area in a second direction that is based on the rotation in the counter-clockwise direction, wherein the second direction is different from the first direction, wherein navigating content through the stationary focus area changes what content is aligned with the focus area, wherein the focus area corresponds to a same respective portion of the display as the crown is rotated;
after navigating through the content, detecting a press input on the crown, wherein the press input on the crown is in a direction, and wherein the rotation of the crown is about an axis in which the direction of the press input is detected; and
in response to detecting the press input on the crown, performing a selection operation corresponding to a respective portion of the content that is aligned with the focus area.