Systems, Methods, and User Interfaces for Interacting with Multiple Application Windows

    公开(公告)号:US20220276752A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-01

    申请号:US17750119

    申请日:2022-05-20

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A method for multitasking include displaying a dock containing application icons corresponding to different application concurrently with a first user interface of a first application; detecting a first input directed to an application icon corresponding to a second application in the dock; in accordance with a determination that the second application is associated with multiple windows, displaying a first representation of a first window for the second application and a second representation of a second window for the second application concurrently with the first user interface of the first application in a second region of the display area; and in accordance with a determination that the second application is associated with only a single window, displaying a second user interface of the second application concurrently with the first user interface of the first application.

    TECHNIQUES FOR FIRMWARE UPDATES WITH ACCESSORIES

    公开(公告)号:US20220229653A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-21

    申请号:US17592295

    申请日:2022-02-03

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Techniques are provided for updating firmware of an accessory device. An accessory development kit of the accessory device can communicate with an accessory update daemon using a home management daemon of a controller device. Based on a firmware update policy of the accessory device, the accessory update daemon will check for firmware updates. When firmware updates are available, the accessory update daemon can instruct the home management daemon to stage the update. The home management daemon will notify the accessory development kit to be in a stage mode. The accessory update daemon will download the firmware update and send the firmware update to the accessory development kit of the accessory device using an interface for the secure channel provided by the home management daemon. The accessory device can be a third party accessory device that does not have its own firmware updating application.

    Predictive media routing
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11234051B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-25

    申请号:US16720783

    申请日:2019-12-19

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: In some implementations, a user device can predictively route media content to a remote playback device based on playback context information obtained by the user device. The playback context can include local playback context information related to the state and/or context of the user device. The playback context can include remote playback context information related to the state and/or context of available remote playback devices. Based on the playback context information obtained by the user device, the user device can generate a predictive score for each available playback device that indicates or predicts the likelihood that the user will want to send media content to the corresponding playback device. The user device can generate and present a graphical user interface that can identify the playback devices having predictive scores over a threshold score. In some instances, the user device can automatically route selected media content to a predicted playback device.

    IDENTIFYING REACHABILITY OF NETWORK-CONNECTED DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20210385144A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-09

    申请号:US17032619

    申请日:2020-09-25

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for transmitting a message to a user device in accordance with a determination that another device is unreachable over a network. In one example, a server device, at a first location, may identify a controller device resident at a second location, whereby the controller device is configured to communicate with a router at the second location. The server device may also receive a list of user devices. The server device may transmit a ping message to the controller device via the router to determine whether the controller device is unreachable by the server device. The server device may subsequently transmit a message to a user device on the list in accordance with a determination that the controller device is unreachable by the server device, whereby the message includes instructions for the user device to determine whether the controller device is unreachable by the user device.

    Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Interacting with a Control Object While Dragging Another Object

    公开(公告)号:US20210382613A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-09

    申请号:US17409573

    申请日:2021-08-23

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and one or more sensors that detect intensities of contacts on the touch-sensitive surface displays, on the display, a user interface. While displaying the user interface, the electronic device detects an input that includes a contact on the touch-sensitive surface. In response to detecting the input while displaying the user interface, and while continuing to detect the input on the touch-sensitive surface: If an intensity of the contact satisfies an activation intensity threshold, the electronic device performs a first operation associated with the activation intensity threshold. The activation intensity threshold is determined based on whether or not prior inputs by the user on the touch-sensitive surface exceed a respective intensity threshold. If an intensity of the contact does not satisfy an activation intensity threshold, the electronic device forgoes performing the first operation associated with the activation intensity threshold.

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