Device, method, and graphical user interface for updating a background for home and wake screen user interfaces
Inventors
Wilson, Christopher I. • MARI, Pedro • Lyons, Richard D. • Connor, Teofila • Yerkes, Giancarlo • Apodaca, Gregory • KRAMAR, Vitalii • Suzuki, Gregg S. • GARCIA, III, Robert • Ward, Philip A. • Lemay, Stephen O. • SOUZA DOS SANTOS, Andre • LEMMENS, Cas G. • Dye, Alan • Sayed Ahmad, Bilal S. • Mantere, Jussi-Pekka
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Publication Number
US-12477058-B2
Publication Date
2025-11-18
Expiration Date
Abstract
A method includes: while displaying a wake screen with a first media item as a background and foreground objects displayed over the first media item, detecting first user input that corresponds to a request to display a media gallery; in response to detecting the first user input, ceasing display of the foreground objects; detecting a second user input that corresponds to a request to navigate through media items in the media gallery; in response to detecting the second user input, replacing the first media item with a second media item in the media gallery; detecting a third input that corresponds to a request to dismiss the media gallery; and, in response to detecting the third user input, redisplaying the foreground objects on the display device over a media item from the media gallery that is selected as the background for the wake screen.
Core Innovation
The invention displays, via a display device, a wake screen user interface that includes a first media item used as a background and one or more foreground user interface objects displayed over the first media item. While the first media item is displayed as the wake screen background, the system detects, via one or more input devices, a sequence of one or more user inputs that corresponds to a request to edit media items in a set of media items in a media gallery accessible from the wake screen user interface.
In response to detecting the user-input sequence, the invention displays, via the display device, an editing user interface for at least one of adding or removing media items from the set of media items in the media gallery. The wake screen user interface therefore provides access to editing of the media-gallery set directly from the wake screen background state in which the first media item is displayed.
The disclosure further includes operations that access a media gallery user interface while ceasing display of one or more foreground user interface objects and maintaining the first media item during the gallery experience. Additional refinements described include lock/unlock gating for whether a media gallery user interface is displayed versus forgoing or replacing the wake screen user interface with the media gallery user interface.
The document also describes wallpaper settings user interface flows that allow previewing and editing of a media gallery from the wake screen, including gestures and controls such as rotate, pan, scale, and zoom with done and cancel controls. It further describes generating wake-screen and home-screen wallpaper backgrounds and patterns based on media item visual properties, including dominant hue, average hue, average brightness, and average saturation, with derived gradients and stripes patterns.
Claims Coverage
The document includes three independent claims: a method claim, a computing system claim, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium claim. Across these independent claims, there are 4 inventive features centered on wake-screen display, edit-request detection, editing user interface presentation, and program instructions/medium implementation.
Wake screen background with foreground objects and media-gallery edit entry
Displaying, via the display device, a wake screen user interface that includes a first media item used as a background and one or more foreground user interface objects displayed over the first media item; detecting, via the one or more input devices, a sequence of one or more user inputs that corresponds to a request to edit media items in a set of media items in a media gallery accessible from the wake screen user interface, where the set includes at least the first media item and the sequence includes a respective user input detected while displaying the first media item as the background.
Editing user interface for adding or removing gallery media
In response to detecting the sequence of one or more user inputs, displaying, via the display device, an editing user interface for at least one of adding or removing media items from the set of one or more media items in the media gallery.
Program instructions implementing wake-to-edit interaction
Providing one or more programs stored in non-transitory memory and configured to be executed by one or more processors to display the wake screen user interface with the first media item background and foreground user interface objects; detect the sequence of one or more user inputs requesting editing in a media gallery accessible from the wake screen; and display the editing user interface for at least one of adding or removing media items from the set.
Non-transitory computer readable medium for wake-to-edit interaction
Storing one or more programs as instructions on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium which, when executed by a computing system with an interface for communicating with a display device and one or more input devices, cause displaying of the wake screen user interface with the first media item background; detection of the sequence of user inputs corresponding to the request to edit media items in the media gallery set; and displaying of an editing user interface for at least one of adding or removing media items from the set.
The independent claims cover a wake-screen user interface that uses a first media item as background, an input-detected request to edit a media-gallery set accessible from the wake screen, and displaying an editing user interface that enables adding or removing media items from that set, with the functionality implemented by method, computing system, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium claims.
Stated Advantages
Reducing interaction time.
Reducing device wear-and-tear.
Reducing power drain.
Conserving battery life.
Documented Applications
Wake screen user interface flows that let a user preview and edit a media gallery from the wake screen by generating wallpaper backgrounds/patterns from media item visual properties and presenting an editing user interface to add or remove media items.
Wallpaper settings user interface use cases that support previewing and editing of gallery-based wallpaper patterns derived from media item visual properties, including entering editing/add and cropping user interfaces.
Media-gallery access behaviors that are gated by locked/unlocked mode, including suppressing or replacing wake screen presentation based on lock state and enabling foreground object operations without showing the gallery.
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