Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Portable multifunction device, method, and graphical user interface for conference calling
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Application No.: US15137127Application Date: 2016-04-25
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Publication No.: US09706054B2Publication Date: 2017-07-11
- Inventor: Scott Forstall , Imran Chaudhri , Michael J. Matas , Marcel Van Os , Stephen O. Lemay , Patrick L. Coffman , Elizabeth Caroline Furches Cranfill , Greg N. Christie
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Main IPC: H04M3/56
- IPC: H04M3/56 ; H04M1/725 ; G06F3/0481 ; G06F3/0482 ; G06F3/0484 ; G06F3/0488

Abstract:
In some embodiments, a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display performs a method that includes: displaying a phone call user interface on the touch screen display, wherein the phone call user interface includes: a first informational item associated with an active phone call between a user of the device and a first party, a second informational item associated with a suspended phone call between the user and a second party, and a merge call icon; upon detecting a user selection of the merge call icon, merging the active phone call and the suspended phone call into a conference call between the user, the first party, and the second party, and replacing the phone call user interface with a conference call user interface. The conference call user interface includes: a third informational item associated with the conference call, and a conference call management icon.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170085716A1 PORTABLE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR CONFERENCE CALLING Public/Granted day:2017-03-23
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