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1. position A communications signal strength icon is displayed if the airplane mode switch icon is at the off position The communications signal strength icon is replaced with an airplane icon upon detecting a move ment of a finger contact on or near the airplane mode switch icon The detected movement of the finger contact is from the off position to the on position In accordance with some embodiments a portable multi function device includes a touch screen display one or more processors memory and one or more programs The one or US 8 116 807 B2 3 more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors The programs include instructions for displaying an airplane mode switch icon on the touch screen display the airplane mode switch icon having an on position and an off position instruc tions for displaying a communications signal strength icon on the touch screen display if the airplane mode switch icon is at the off position and instructions for replacing the commu nications signal strength icon with an airplane icon upon detecting a movement of a finger contact on or near the airplane mode switch icon wherein the detected movement of the finger contact is from the off position to the on position In accordance with some embodiments a computer read able storage medium stores one or more programs The one or more programs include instr
2. the click wheel may be either an opaque or semitransparent object that appears and disap US 8 116 807 B2 9 pears on the touch screen display in response to user interac tion with the device In some embodiments a virtual click wheel is displayed on the touch screen of a portable multi function device and operated by user contact with the touch screen The device 100 also includes a power system 162 for pow ering the various components The power system 162 may include a power management system one or more power sources e g battery alternating current AC a recharging system a power failure detection circuit a power converter or inverter a power status indicator e g a light emitting diode LED and any other components associated with the gen eration management and distribution of power in portable devices The device 100 may also include one or more optical sensors 164 FIGS 1A and 1B show an optical sensor coupled to an optical sensor controller 158 in I O subsystem 106 The optical sensor 164 may include charge coupled device CCD or complementary metal oxide semiconductor CMOS pho totransistors The optical sensor 164 receives light from the environment projected through one or more lens and con verts the light to data representing an image In conjunction with an imaging module 143 also called a camera module the optical sensor 164 may capture still images or video In some embodiments an optical sens
3. 10 The device of claim 6 wherein the portable multifunc tion device includes a speaker and a sound is played while replacing the communications signal strength icon with the airplane icon 11 The computer readable storage medium of claim 7 wherein detecting the movement of the finger contact com prises detecting a sequence of events comprising a finger down event at or near the airplane mode switch icon at the off position one or more finger dragging events and a finger up event at or near the airplane mode switch icon at the on position 12 The computer readable storage medium of claim 7 including instructions which cause the device to if the airplane mode switch icon is at the on position detect a finger down event at or near the airplane mode switch icon at the on position one or more finger dragging events and a finger up event at or near the airplane mode switch icon at the off position move the airplane mode switch icon from the on posi tion to the off position and replace the plane icon with the communications signal strength icon 13 The computer readable storage medium of claim 7 wherein the portable multifunction device includes a speaker and a sound is played while replacing the communications signal strength icon with the airplane icon 14 A method comprising at a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display displaying an airplane mode switch ico
4. Input 160 sensor s Controller Controller s Controller 1s6 __ 103 103 103 Touch Sensitive DTe tner apat l atig Control Devices Sensor s 112 Display System 164 Figure 1B U S Patent Feb 14 2012 Sheet 3 of 14 US 8 116 807 B2 Portable Multifunction Device 100 SIM Card Slot 210 head Optical Proximity phone Speaker 111 Sensor 164 Sensor 166 jack Touch Screen 112 Microphone Home Accelerometer s 113 204 168 External Port 124 Figure 2 U S Patent Feb 14 2012 Sheet 4 of 14 US 8 116 807 B2 Portable Multifunction Device Optical Proximity 300 Speaker 111 Sensor 164 Sensor 166 Current Time 308 310 Day and Date 312 Wallpaper image 314 5S Slide to unlock Touch Screen 112 AT ON Home Accelerometer s 113 204 168 Figure 3 U S Patent Feb 14 2012 Sheet 5 of 14 US 8 116 807 B2 Portable Multifunction Device Optical Proximity Speaker 111 Sensor 164 Sensor 166 400A Current Time 404 oaoa Text Photos Camera Videos 141 144 143 145 DOr reed Stocks Blog Calendar 149 1 149 2 142 148 User J ec se Widget Calculator Alarm Dictionary Widget 149 3 149 4 149 5 149 6 ON CIECO Phone Mail Browser Music 138 140 147 146 lt lt 4 of Touch Screen 112 Microphone Home Accelerometer s 113 204 168 Figure 4A U S Patent Feb 14 2012 Sh
5. device is set to a shuffle mode US 8 116 807 B2 19 The foregoing description for purpose of explanation has been described with reference to specific embodiments How ever the illustrative discussions above are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms dis closed Many modifications and variations are possible in view of the above teachings The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and its practical applications to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the invention and vari ous embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated What is claimed is 1 A computer implemented method comprising at a por table multifunction device with a touch screen display displaying an airplane mode switch icon on the touch screen display the airplane mode switch icon having an on position and an off position displaying a communications signal strength icon on the touch screen display if the airplane mode switch icon is at the off position and replacing the communications signal strength icon with an airplane icon upon detecting a movement of a finger contact with the touch screen display on or near the airplane mode switch icon wherein the detected move ment of the finger contact is from the off position to the on position and wherein replacing the communi c
6. icon 402 as shown in FIG 5A Process 600 includes the following benefits The move ment of the finger contact over the off and on positions provides an intuitive gesture that does requires neither precise placement nor precise movement of the user s finger e g in contrast to a gesture with a stylus The airplane icon provides an intuitive easy to understand indicator that the device is in airplane mode Replacing the communications signal strength icon with the airplane icon does not clutter the user interface with additional icons and makes it easy for a user to 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 18 find the icons i e 402 and 6208 that indicate the status of the communications functionality FIG 5C illustrates exemplary user interfaces for display ing and adjusting sound settings in accordance with some embodiments In some embodiments if user selects to adjust sound settings UI 6200C FIG 5C is displayed In some embodiments a portable multifunction device e g device 100 displays a vibrate mode switch icon e g icon 6212 FIG 5C on a touch screen display e g display 112 The vibrate mode switch icon has an on position not shown and an off position e g 6214 FIG 5C For example in UI 6200C FIG 5C a swipe gesture from the off position 6214 to the on position is detected In response to detecting the swipe gesture the vibrate mode switch ic
7. non transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs the one or more programs comprising instructions which when executed by a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display cause the device to display an airplane mode switch icon on the touch screen display display a communications signal strength icon on the touch screen display if the device is not in airplane mode replace the communications signal strength icon with an airplane icon in response to detecting a finger input on the touch screen display on the airplane mode switch icon wherein detecting the finger input causes the 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 65 US 8 116 807 B2 23 24 device to enter airplane mode and wherein replacing the if the device is in airplane mode communications signal strength icon with the airplane in response to detecting another finger input on the touch icon includes screen display on the airplane mode switch icon displaying an animated movement of the airplane icon exit from airplane mode and ae 3 5 replace the plane icon with the communications sig on the touch screen display towards the communica tions signal strength icon displaying an animated movement of the airplane icon over the communications signal strength icon and ceasing to display the communications signal strength icon 21 The computer readable storage medium of claim 20 including instructions which cause the device to
8. one or more input controllers 160 for other input or control devices The one or more input controllers 160 receive send electrical signals from to other input or control devices 116 The other input control devices 116 may include physical buttons e g push buttons rocker buttons etc dials slider switches joysticks click wheels and so forth In some alter nate embodiments input controller s 160 may be coupled to any or none of the following a keyboard infrared port USB port and a pointer device such as a mouse The one or more buttons e g 208 FIG 2 may include an up down button for volume control of the speaker 111 and or the microphone 113 The one or more buttons may include a push button e g 206 FIG 2 A quick press of the push button may disengage a lock of the touch screen 112 or begin a process that uses gestures on the touch screen to unlock the device as described in U S patent application Ser No 11 322 549 Unlocking a Device by Performing Gestures on an Unlock Image filed Dec 23 2005 which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety A longer press of the push button e g 206 may turn power to the device 100 on or off The user may be able to customize a functionality of one or more of the buttons The touch screen 112 is used to implement virtual or soft buttons and one or more soft keyboards The touch sensitive touch screen 112 provides an input interface and an output interface
9. performing multiple functions In some embodi ments the user interacts with the GUI primarily through finger contacts and gestures on the touch sensitive display In some embodiments the functions may include telephoning video conferencing e mailing instant messaging blogging digital photographing digital videoing web browsing digi tal music playing and or digital video playing Instructions for performing these functions may be included in a computer program product configured for execution by one or more processors In accordance with some embodiments a computer imple mented method is performed at a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display The method includes displaying an airplane mode switch icon on the touch screen display the airplane mode switch icon having an on posi tion and an off position displaying a communications sig nal strength icon on the touch screen display if the airplane mode switch icon is at the off position and replacing the communications signal strength icon with an airplane icon upon detecting a movement of a finger contact on or near the airplane mode switch icon The detected movement of the finger contact is from the off position to the on position In accordance with some embodiments a graphical user interface on a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display includes an airplane mode switch icon with an on position and an off
10. software components stored in memory 102 may include an operating system 126 a com munication module or set of instructions 128 a contact motion module or set of instructions 130 a graphics module or set of instructions 132 a text input module or set of instructions 134 a Global Positioning System GPS module or set of instructions 135 and applications or set of instruc tions 136 The operating system 126 e g Darwin RTXC LINUX UNIX OS X WINDOWS or an embedded operating system such as VxWorks includes various software components and or drivers for controlling and managing general system tasks e g memory management storage device control power management etc and facilitates communication between various hardware and software components The communication module 128 when not in airplane mode facilitates communication with other devices over one or more external ports 124 and also includes various software components for handling data received by the RF circuitry 108 and or the external port 124 The external port 124 e g Universal Serial Bus USB FIREWIRE etc is adapted for coupling directly to other devices or indirectly over a network e g the Internet wireless LAN etc Insome embodiments the external port is a multi pin e g 30 pin connector that is the same as or similar to and or compatible with the 30 pin connector used on iPod trademark of Apple Computer Inc devices The contac
11. technologies now known or later developed including but not limited to capacitive resistive infrared and surface acoustic wave tech nologies as well as other proximity sensor arrays or other elements for determining one or more points of contact with a touch screen 112 A touch sensitive display in some embodiments of the touch screen 112 may be analogous to the multi touch sensi tive tablets described in the following U S Pat No 6 323 846 Westerman et al U S Pat No 6 570 557 Westerman et 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 8 al and or U S Pat No 6 677 932 Westerman and or U S Patent Publication 2002 0015024A1 each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety However a touch screen 112 displays visual output from the portable device 100 whereas touch sensitive tablets do not provide visual output A touch sensitive display in some embodiments of the touch screen 112 may be as described in the following appli cations 1 U S patent application Ser No 11 381 313 Multipoint Touch Surface Controller filed May 2 2006 2 U S patent application Ser No 10 840 862 Multipoint Touchscreen filed May 6 2004 3 U S patent application Ser No 10 903 964 Gestures For Touch Sensitive Input Devices filed Jul 30 2004 4 U S patent application Ser No 11 048 264 Gestures For Touch Sensitive Input Devices filed Jan 31 2005 5 U S pat
12. the time consuming requirement to memorize multiple key sequences and menu hierarchies and the difficulty in activat ing a desired pushbutton such inflexibility is frustrating to most users Many portable multifunction devices incorporate cellular phone or other communication functionality Such devices often include a mode typically called airplane mode in which the communications functions are disabled but other functions ofthe device e g a music player may still be used But current user interfaces for turning airplane mode on and off are not user friendly In particular small hard to see and or cryptic icons are used to indicate whether airplane mode is activated Accordingly there is a need for portable multifunction devices with more transparent and intuitive graphical user interfaces for turning airplane mode on and off and for dis playing whether the device is in airplane mode Such inter faces increase the effectiveness efficiency and user satisfac tion with portable multifunction devices SUMMARY The above deficiencies and other problems associated with user interfaces for portable devices are reduced or eliminated by the disclosed portable multifunction device In some embodiments the device has a touch sensitive display also known as a touch screen with a graphical user interface GUI one or more processors memory and one or more modules programs or sets of instructions stored in the memory for
13. 38 Dictionary Widget Telephone Module i as Video Conference Module 140 User Created Widget s 150 E mail Client Module 141 Widget Creator Module 151 Instant Messaging Module 142 Search Module Blogging Module 143 2a odule i 144 Bower 162 mage anagement Module 145 System Video Player Module Music Player Module External 147 Port Browsing Module 118 103 RF Circuitry 103 108 Speaker 104 111 i conid 103 Audio 122 nog Circuitry 110 HO Peripherals 103 Microphone Interface Proximity 113 Sensor 103 166 120 Processor s Accelerometer s 168 VO Subsystem 158 106 Optical Display Other Input 160 sensor s Controller Controller s Controller 156 _ 103 103 Touch Sensitive SSE Ce 116 112 Display System 164 Figure 1A Devices U S Patent Feb 14 2012 Sheet 2 of 14 US 8 116 807 B2 Memory 102 Portable Multifunction Device 126 100 128 Applications continued R fe a 132 get Modules a 134 ee Hs ie pa PE o a i AE a ere n s n Hi 142 Scarch Module B mage Management Module 152 162 a eee yer Module 153 System onference Module ng Module M l a Module 144 ing Module Notes Module Map Module 124 124 Browsing Module j 47 f Port 118 103 RF Circuitry 103 9 108 Speaker 104 111 Controller See 122 entro Circuitry 110 _ Peripherals Microphone Interface Proximity 113 Sensor 166 120 Accelerometer s 168 1 0 Subsystem ane Optical Display Other
14. an on position and an off position displaying a communications signal strength icon on the touch screen display if the airplane mode switch icon is at the off position and replacing the communications signal strength icon with an airplane icon upon detecting a movement of a finger contact on or near the airplane mode switch icon wherein the detected movement of the finger contact is from the off position to the on position and wherein replacing the communications signal strength icon with the airplane icon includes displaying an animated movement of the airplane icon on the touch screen display towards the com munications signal strength icon displaying an animated movement of the airplane icon over the communications signal strength icon and ceasing to display the communications strength icon 7 A non transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs the one or more programs comprising instructions which when executed by a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display cause the device to display an airplane mode switch icon on the touch screen display the airplane mode switch icon having an on position and an off position display a communications signal strength icon on the touch screen display if the airplane mode switch icon is at the off position and replace the communications signal strength icon with an airplane icon upon detecting a
15. and Ser No 11 638 251 Methods And Systems For Automatic Configuration Of Peripherals which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety In some embodi ments the proximity sensor turns off and disables the touch screen 112 when the multifunction device is placed near the user s ear e g when the user is making a phone call In some embodiments the proximity sensor keeps the screen off when the device is in the user s pocket purse or other dark area to prevent unnecessary battery drainage when the device is a locked state The device 100 may also include one or more accelerom eters 168 FIGS 1A and 1B show an accelerometer 168 coupled to the peripherals interface 118 Alternately the accelerometer 168 may be coupled to an input controller 160 in the I O subsystem 106 The accelerometer 168 may per form as described in U S Patent Publication No 20050190059 Acceleration based Theft Detection System for Portable Electronic Devices and U S Patent Publication an 0 a 5 20 25 30 40 45 55 60 65 10 No 20060017692 Methods And Apparatuses For Operating A Portable Device Based On An Accelerometer both of which are which are incorporated herein by reference In some embodiments information is displayed on the touch screen display in a portrait view or a landscape view based on an analysis of data received from the one or more accelerom eters In some embodiments the
16. ansceiver one or more amplifiers a tuner one or more oscillators a digital signal processor a CODEC chipset a subscriber identity module SIM card memory and so forth The RF circuitry 108 may communicate with networks such as the Internet also referred to as the World Wide Web WWW an intranet and or a wireless network such as a cellular telephone net work a wireless local area network LAN and or a metro politan area network MAN and other devices by wireless communication The wireless communication may use any of a plurality of communications standards protocols and tech nologies including but not limited to Global System for Mobile Communications GSM Enhanced Data GSM Envi ronment EDGE high speed downlink packet access HS DPA wideband code division multiple access W CDMA code division multiple access CDMA time division mul tiple access TDMA Bluetooth Wireless Fidelity Wi Fi e g IEEE 802 11la IEEE 802 11b IEEE 802 11g and or IEEE 802 11n voice over Internet Protocol VoIP Wi MAX a protocol for email e g Internet message access protocol IMAP and or post office protocol POP instant messaging e g extensible messaging and presence protocol XMPP Session Initiation Protocol for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions SIMPLE and or Instant Messaging and Presence Service IMPS and or Short Message Service SMS or any other suitable com munication protocol incl
17. application specific integrated circuits 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 6 Memory 102 may include high speed random access memory and may also include non volatile memory such as one or more magnetic disk storage devices flash memory devices or other non volatile solid state memory devices Access to memory 102 by other components of the device 100 such as the CPU 120 and the peripherals interface 118 may be controlled by the memory controller 122 The peripherals interface 118 couples the input and output peripherals of the device to the CPU 120 and memory 102 The one or more processors 120 run or execute various soft ware programs and or sets of instructions stored in memory 102 to perform various functions for the device 100 and to process data In some embodiments the peripherals interface 118 the CPU 120 and the memory controller 122 may be imple mented on a single chip such as a chip 104 In some other embodiments they may be implemented on separate chips The RF radio frequency circuitry 108 receives and sends RF signals also called electromagnetic signals The RF cir cuitry 108 converts electrical signals to from electromagnetic signals and communicates with communications networks and other communications devices via the electromagnetic signals The RF circuitry 108 may include well known cir cuitry for performing these functions including but not lim ited to an antenna system an RF tr
18. arm clock 149 4 Dictionary 149 5 and User created widget 149 6 In some embodiments user interface 400B includes the following elements or a subset or superset thereof 402 404 406 141 148 144 143 149 3 149 2 149 1 149 4 410 414 138 140 and 147 as described above Map 154 Notes 153 Settings 412 which provides access to settings for the device 100 and its various applications 136 as described further below and Video and music player module 152 also referred to as iPod trademark of Apple Computer Inc module 152 In some embodiments UI 400A or 400B displays all of the available applications 136 on one screen so that there is no need to scroll through a list of applications e g via a scroll bar In some embodiments as the number of applications increase the icons corresponding to the applications may decrease in size so that all applications may be displayed ona single screen without scrolling In some embodiments hav ing all applications on one screen and a menu button enables a user to access any desired application with at most two inputs such as activating the menu button 204 and then acti vating the desired application e g by a tap or other finger gesture on the icon corresponding to the application In some embodiments UI 400A or 400B provides inte grated access to both widget based applications and non widget based applications In some embodiments all of the widgets whether user create
19. ations signal strength icon with the airplane icon includes displaying an animated movement of the airplane icon on the touch screen display towards the communica tions signal strength icon displaying an animated movement of the airplane icon over the communications signal strength icon and ceasing to display the communications signal strength icon 2 The computer implemented method of claim 1 wherein detecting the movement of the finger contact comprises detecting a sequence of events comprising a finger down event at or near the airplane mode switch icon at the off position one or more finger dragging events and a finger up event at or near the airplane mode switch icon at the on position 3 The computer implemented method of claim 1 further comprising if the airplane mode switch icon is at the on position detecting a finger down event at or near the airplane mode switch icon at the on position one or more finger dragging events and a finger up event at or near the airplane mode switch icon at the off posi tion moving the airplane mode switch icon from the on position to the off position and replacing the plane icon with the communications signal strength icon 4 The computer implemented method of claim 1 wherein the portable multifunction device includes a speaker and a sound is played while replacing the communications signal strength icon with the airplane icon 5 A grap
20. az United States Patent Matas US008116807B2 US 8 116 807 B2 Feb 14 2012 0 Patent No 45 Date of Patent 54 75 73 21 22 65 60 51 52 AIRPLANE MODE INDICATOR ON A PORTABLE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE Inventor Michael Matas Palo Alto CA US Assignee Apple Inc Cupertino CA US Notice Subject to any disclaimer the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U S C 154 b by 1087 days Appl No 11 961 743 Filed Dec 20 2007 Prior Publication Data US 2008 0165146 A1 Jul 10 2008 Related U S Application Data Provisional application No 60 947 315 filed on Jun 29 2007 provisional application No 60 937 993 filed on Jun 29 2007 provisional application No 60 879 469 filed on Jan 8 2007 provisional application No 60 879 253 filed on Jan 7 2007 Int Cl H04M 1 00 2006 01 USCI ssseidatesastiadcevaies 455 550 1 455 566 Memory 102 e a z lt sS o a s m lt alo 106 126 Applications continued 0 A troller Peripherals 58 Field of Classification Search 455 90 3 455 520 560 566 550 1 370 310 465 See application file for complete search history 56 References Cited OTHER PUBLICATIONS Nokia Nokia 9000i Owner s Manual Issue 1 1 1997 131 pages Nokia Nokia 9000i User s Manual Issue 2 Jun 7 1998 126 pages Motorola A1000 Communicator UMTS Using Y
21. between the device and a user The display controller 156 receives and or sends elec trical signals from to the touch screen 112 The touch screen 112 displays visual output to the user The visual output may include graphics text icons video and any combination thereof collectively termed graphics In some embodi ments some or all of the visual output may correspond to user interface objects further details of which are described below A touch screen 112 has a touch sensitive surface sensor or set of sensors that accepts input from the user based on haptic and or tactile contact The touch screen 112 and the display controller 156 along with any associated modules and or sets of instructions in memory 102 detect contact and any move ment or breaking of the contact on the touch screen 112 and converts the detected contact into interaction with user inter face objects e g one or more soft keys icons web pages or images that are displayed on the touch screen In an exem plary embodiment a point of contact between a touch screen 112 and the user corresponds to a finger of the user The touch screen 112 may use LCD liquid crystal display technology or LPD light emitting polymer display technol ogy although other display technologies may be used in other embodiments The touch screen 112 and the display control ler 156 may detect contact and any movement or breaking thereof using any of a plurality of touch sensing
22. cluding without limitation text web pages icons such as user interface objects including soft keys digital images videos animations and the like An animation in this context is a display of a sequence of images that gives the appearance of movement and informs the user of an action that has been performed such as moving an email message to a folder In this context a respective animation that confirms an action by the user of the device typically takes a pre US 8 116 807 B2 11 defined finite amount of time such as an amount of time between 0 2 and 1 0 seconds or between 0 5 and 2 0 seconds depending on the context The text input module 134 which may be a component of graphics module 132 provides soft keyboards for entering text in various applications e g contacts 137 e mail 140 IM 141 blogging 142 browser 147 and any other application that needs text input The GPS module 135 determines the location of the device and provides this information for use in various applications e g to telephone 138 for use in location based dialing to camera 143 and or blogger 142 as picture video metadata and to applications that provide location based services such as weather widgets local yellow page widgets and map navigation widgets The applications 136 may include the following modules or sets of instructions or a subset or superset thereof a contacts module 137 sometimes called an address book or contact li
23. d or not are displayed in UI 400A or 400B In other embodiments activating the icon for user created widget 149 6 may lead to another UI that con tains the user created widgets or icons corresponding to the user created widgets In some embodiments a user may rearrange the icons in UI 400A or 400B e g using processes described in U S patent application Ser No 11 459 602 Portable Electronic Device With Interface Reconfiguration Mode filed Jul 24 2006 which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety For example a user may move application icons in and out of tray 408 using finger gestures In some embodiments UI 400A or 400B includes a gauge not shown that displays an updated account usage metric for an account associated with usage of the device e g acellular phone account as described in U S patent application Ser No 11 322 552 Account Information Display For Portable Communication Device filed Dec 23 2005 which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety FIGS 5A 5G illustrate exemplary user interfaces for dis playing and adjusting settings in accordance with some US 8 116 807 B2 17 embodiments FIG 6 is a flow diagram illustrating a process for activating an airplane mode in accordance with some embodiments In some embodiments a portable multifunction device e g device 100 displays 602 an airplane mode switch icon e g icon 6202 FIG 5A on a touch screen displa
24. dule 138 the video conferencing module 139 may be used to initiate conduct and terminate a video conference between a user and one or more other participants Embodiments of user interfaces and associated processes using videoconferencing module 139 are described further below In conjunction with RF circuitry 108 touch screen 112 display controller 156 contact module 130 graphics module 132 and text input module 134 the e mail client module 140 may be used to create send receive and manage e mail In conjunction with image management module 144 the e mail module 140 makes it very easy to create and send e mails with still or video images taken with camera module 143 Embodi ments of user interfaces and associated processes using e mail module 140 are described further below In conjunction with RF circuitry 108 touch screen 112 display controller 156 contact module 130 graphics module 132 and text input module 134 the instant messaging module 141 may be used to enter a sequence of characters corre sponding to an instant message to modify previously entered characters to transmit a respective instant message for example using a Short Message Service SMS or Multime dia Message Service MMS protocol for telephony based instant messages or using XMPP SIMPLE or IMPS for Internet based instant messages to receive instant messages and to view received instant messages In some embodiments transmitted and or received ins
25. ected movement of the finger contact is from the off position to the on position Detect a sequence of events including a finger down event at or near the 616 airplane mode switch icon at the off events and a finger up event at or near the airplane mode switch icon at the position one or more finger dragging on position Replace the communications signal strength 608 icon with an airplane icon Animate a process of an airplane icon moving on the touch screen display towards the communications signal 618 strength icon and moving over the communications signal strength icon until the communications signal strength icon is replaced by the airplane icon Figure 6 US 8 116 807 B2 1 AIRPLANE MODE INDICATOR ON A PORTABLE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority to U S Provisional Patent Application Nos 60 947 315 Airplane Mode Indicator on a Portable Multifunction Device filed Jun 29 2007 60 937 993 Portable Multifunction Device filed Jun 29 2007 60 879 469 Portable Multifunction Device filed Jan 8 2007 60 879 253 and Portable Multifunction Device filed Jan 7 2007 All of these applications are incorporated by referenced herein in their entirety This application is related to the following applications 1 USS patent application Ser No 10 188 182 Touch Pad For Handheld Device
26. edefined time interval has elapsed and or to unlock the device or initiate an unlock process In an alternative embodiment the device 100 also may accept ver bal input for activation or deactivation of some functions through the microphone 113 Attention is now directed towards embodiments of user interfaces UT and associated processes that may be imple mented on a portable multifunction device 100 FIG 3 illustrates an exemplary user interface for unlocking a portable electronic device in accordance with some embodi ments In some embodiments user interface 300 includes the following elements or a subset or superset thereof Unlock image 302 that is moved with a finger gesture to unlock the device Arrow 304 that provides a visual cue to the unlock gesture Channel 306 that provides additional cues to the unlock gesture Time 308 Day 310 Date 312 and Wallpaper image 314 In some embodiments the device detects contact with the touch sensitive display e g a user s finger making contact on or near the unlock image 302 while the device is in a user interface lock state The device moves the unlock image 302 in accordance with the contact The device transitions to a user interface unlock state if the detected contact corre sponds to a predefined gesture such as moving the unlock image across channel 306 Conversely the device maintains the user interface lock state if the detected contact does not correspond
27. eet 6 of 14 US 8 116 807 B2 Portable Multifunction Device 206 100 Optical Proximity lt 4022 Current Time 404 gt a 406 Sows Text a ag eri 141 on fs rren res Weather Settings 149 4 412 Oy et O pers rn Browser pe 147 Touch Screen 112 Home Accelerometer s 113 204 168 Figure 4B U S Patent Feb 14 2012 Sheet 7 of 14 US 8 116 807 B2 Portable Multifunction Device 206 100 Current Time 404 Settings gt Touch Screen 112 Microphone Home Accelerometer s 113 204 168 Figure 5A U S Patent Feb 14 2012 Sheet 8 of 14 US 8 116 807 B2 Portable Multifunction Device 206 100 Optical Proximity Sensor 164 Sensor 166 Current Time 404 Settings gt Touch Screen 11 Microphone Home Accelerometer s 113 204 168 Figure 5B U S Patent Feb 14 2012 Sheet 9 of 14 US 8 116 807 B2 Portable Multifunction Device 206 100 Optical Proximity Sensor 164 Sensor 166 Vibrate Voicemail Instant Messages Mail Keyboard Clicks Touch Screen 112 Microphone Home Accelerometer s 113 204 168 Figure 5C U S Patent Feb 14 2012 Sheet 10 of 14 US 8 116 807 B2 Portable Multifunction Device 100 Optical Proximity 164 1 Current Time 404 Wallpaper Touch Screen 11 Microphone Home Acceleromet
28. ent application Ser No 11 038 590 Mode Based Graphical User Interfaces For Touch Sensitive Input Devices filed Jan 18 2005 6 U S patent application Ser No 11 228 758 Virtual Input Device Placement On A Touch Screen User Interface filed Sep 16 2005 7 U S patent application Ser No 11 228 700 Operation Of A Computer With A Touch Screen Interface filed Sep 16 2005 8 U S patent application Ser No 11 228 737 Activating Virtual Keys Of A Touch Screen Vir tual Keyboard filed Sep 16 2005 and 9 U S patent appli cation Ser No 11 367 749 Multi Functional Hand Held Device filed Mar 3 2006 All of these applications are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety The touch screen 112 may have a resolution in excess of 100 dpi In an exemplary embodiment the touch screen has a resolution of approximately 160 dpi The user may make contact with the touch screen 112 using any suitable object or appendage such as a stylus a finger and so forth In some embodiments the user interface is designed to work primarily with finger based contacts and gestures which are much less precise than stylus based input due to the larger area of con tact ofa finger on the touch screen In some embodiments the device translates the rough finger based input into a precise pointer cursor position or command for performing the actions desired by the user In some embodiments in addition to the t
29. er s 113 204 168 Figure 5D U S Patent Feb 14 2012 Sheet 11 of 14 US 8 116 807 B2 Portable Multifunction Device 206 1 00 Optical Proximity x 402 Current Time 404 General About Backlight Date amp Time Keyboard Network Touch Legal Reset Touch Screen 11 Microphone Home 113 204 168 Se Figure 5E U S Patent Feb 14 2012 Sheet 12 of 14 US 8 116 807 B2 Portable Multifunction Device Current Time 404 lt 402 Touch Touch Settings Test Area Ce Touch Screen 11 28 113 204 168 Se Figure 5F U S Patent Feb 14 2012 Sheet 13 of 14 US 8 116 807 B2 Portable Multifunction Device Optical Proximity Sensor 164 Sensor 166 Current Time 404 Compilation Sound Check H Audiobook Speed NORMAL EQ OFF Videos Scale TV Out Compilation Start Movies and TV Shows Touch Screen 112 os 113 204 168 Pda Figure 5G U S Patent Feb 14 2012 Sheet 14 of 14 US 8 116 807 B2 600 y Display an airplane mode switch icon on the touch screen display the airplane mode switch icon having an on position and an off position 602 Display a communications signal strength icon on the touch screen display if the airplane mode switch icon is at the off position 604 Detect a movement of a finger contact on or near the airplane mode switch icon wherein 606 the det
30. filed Jul 1 200 2 U S patent applica tion Ser No 10 722 948 Touch Pad For Handheld Device filed Nov 25 2003 3 U S patent application Ser No 10 643 256 Movable Touch Pad With Added Functional ity filed Aug 18 2003 4 U S patent application Ser No 10 654 108 Ambidextrous Mouse filed Sep 2 2003 5 U S patent application Ser No 10 840 862 Multipoint Touchscreen filed May 6 2004 6 U S patent application Ser No 10 903 964 Gestures For Touch Sensitive Input Devices filed Jul 30 2004 7 U S patent application Ser No 11 038 590 Mode Based Graphical User Interfaces For Touch Sensitive Input Devices filed Jan 18 2005 8 U S patent application Ser No 11 057 050 Display Actuator filed Feb 11 2005 9 U S Provisional Patent Application No 60 658 777 Multi Functional Hand Held Device filed Mar 4 2005 10 U S patent application Ser No 11 367 749 Multi Functional Hand Held Device filed Mar 3 2006 and 11 U S Provisional Patent Application No 60 824 769 Portable Multifunction Device filed Sep 6 2006 All of these applications are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety TECHNICAL FIELD The disclosed embodiments relate generally to portable multifunction devices and more particularly to portable mul tifunction devices with an airplane mode that disables com munications functions BACKGROUND As p
31. h icon 618 For example the plane icon 6208 may appear at the left edge of UI 6200A FIG 5A and move toward the communications signal strength icon 402 Upon reaching the communications signal strength icon 402 the plane icon 6208 moves over the communications signal strength icon 402 until the icon 402 is no longer displayed as shown in FIG 5B In some embodiments the animation has a predefined duration between 0 5 and 2 0 seconds In some embodiments the portable multifunction device includes a speaker and a sound is played while replacing the communications signal strength icon with the airplane icon In some embodiments if the airplane mode switch icon is at the on position upon detecting a sequence of events including a finger down event at or near the airplane mode switch icon at the on position one or more finger dragging events and a finger up event at or near the airplane mode switch icon at the off position the airplane mode switch icon is moved from the on position to the off position and the plane icon is replaced with the communications signal strength icon 620 For example in UI 6200B FIG 5B a swipe gesture from the on position 6206 to the off position 6204 may be detected In response to detecting the swipe gesture the air plane mode switch icon 6202 is displayed in the off position and the airplane icon 6208 is replaced with the communica tions signal strength
32. hical user interface on a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display comprising an airplane mode switch icon the airplane mode switch icon having an on position and an off position wherein a communications signal strength icon is displayed if the airplane mode switch icon is at the off position and the communications signal strength icon is replaced with an airplane icon upon detecting a movement of a 20 25 30 35 40 45 55 60 65 20 finger contact on or near the airplane mode switch icon wherein the detected movement of the finger contact is from the off position to the on position and wherein replacing the communications signal strength icon with the airplane icon includes displaying an animated movement of the airplane icon on the touch screen display towards the communica tions signal strength icon displaying an animated movement of the airplane icon over the communications signal strength icon and ceasing to display the communications signal strength icon 6 A portable multifunction device comprising a touch screen display one or more processors 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 programs including instructions for displaying an airplane mode switch icon on the touch screen display the airplane mode switch icon having
33. ion with touch screen 112 display controller 156 contact module 130 graphics module 132 text input module 134 and camera module 143 the image management module 144 may be used to arrange modify or otherwise manipulate label delete present e g in a digital slide show US 8 116 807 B2 13 or album and store still and or video images Embodiments of user interfaces and associated processes using image man agement module 144 are described further below In conjunction with touch screen 112 display controller 156 contact module 130 graphics module 132 audio cir cuitry 110 and speaker 111 the video player module 145 may beused to display present or otherwise play back videos e g on the touch screen or on an external connected display via external port 124 Embodiments of user interfaces and asso ciated processes using video player module 145 are described further below In conjunction with touch screen 112 display system con troller 156 contact module 130 graphics module 132 audio circuitry 110 speaker 111 RF circuitry 108 and browser module 147 the music player module 146 allows the user to download and play back recorded music and other sound files stored in one or more file formats such as MP3 or AAC files In some embodiments the device 100 may include the func tionality of an MP3 player such as an iPod trademark of Apple Computer Inc Embodiments of user interfaces and associated processes using mu
34. movement of a finger contact on or near the airplane mode switch icon wherein the detected movement of the finger contact is from the off position to the on position and wherein replacing the communications signal strength icon with the airplane icon includes displaying an animated movement of the airplane icon on the touch screen display towards the communica tions signal strength icon displaying an animated movement of the airplane icon over the communications signal strength icon and ceasing to display the communications signal strength icon signal US 8 116 807 B2 21 8 The device of claim 6 wherein detecting the movement of the finger contact comprises detecting a sequence of events comprising a finger down event at or near the airplane mode switch icon at the off position one or more finger dragging events and a finger up event at or near the airplane mode switch icon at the on position 9 The device of claim 6 including instructions for if the airplane mode switch icon is at the on position detecting a finger down event at or near the airplane mode switch icon at the on position one or more finger dragging events and a finger up event at or near the airplane mode switch icon at the off posi tion moving the airplane mode switch icon from the on position to the off position and replacing the plane icon with the communications signal strength icon
35. n on the touch screen display displaying a communications signal strength icon on the touch screen display if the device is not in airplane mode replacing the communications signal strength icon with an airplane icon in response to detecting a finger input on the touch screen display on the airplane mode switch icon wherein detecting the finger input causes the device to enter airplane mode and wherein replac ing the communications signal strength icon with the airplane icon includes displaying an animated movement of the airplane icon on the touch screen display towards the com munications signal strength icon displaying an animated movement of the airplane icon over the communications signal strength icon and ceasing to display the communications signal strength icon 22 15 The method of claim 14 further comprising if the device is in airplane mode in response to detecting another finger input on the touch screen display on the airplane mode switch icon 5 exiting from airplane mode and replacing the plane icon with the communications signal strength icon 16 The method of claim 14 wherein the portable multi function device includes a speaker and a sound is played while replacing the communications signal strength icon with the airplane icon 17 A portable multifunction device comprising a touch screen display one or more processors memory and one or more programs wherein the one or more programs are s
36. of a predefined set of functions on the device is performed exclusively through a touch screen 112 and or a touchpad By using a touch screen and or a touchpad as the primary input control device for operation of the device 100 the number of physical input control devices such as push buttons dials and the like on the device 100 may be reduced The predefined set of functions that may be performed exclusively through a touch screen and or a touchpad include navigation between user interfaces In some embodiments the touchpad when touched by the user navigates the device 100 to a main home or root menu from any user interface that may be displayed on the device 100 In such embodiments the touchpad may be referred to as a menu button In some other embodiments the menu button may be a physical push button or other physical input control device instead of a touchpad FIG 2 illustrates a portable multifunction device 100 hav ing a touch screen 112 in accordance with some embodi ments The touch screen may display one or more graphics within user interface UI 200 In this embodiment as well as others described below a user may select one or more of the graphics by making contact or touching the graphics for example with one or more fingers 202 not drawn to scale in the figure In some embodiments selection of one or more graphics occurs when the user breaks contact with the one or more graphics In some embodiments the con
37. oko oko oko nal strength icon 22 The computer readable storage medium of claim 20 wherein the portable multifunction device includes a speaker and a sound is played while replacing the communications 10 signal strength icon with the airplane icon
38. on 6212 is displayed in the on position and the device is set to be on vibrate mode In some embodiments a contact with the settings icon 6210 FIG 5C is detected In response to detecting the con tact the list of settings is displayed UI 6200A FIG 5A FIG 5D illustrates exemplary user interfaces for display ing and adjusting wallpaper settings in accordance with some embodiments In some embodiments if a user selects to adjust wallpaper settings e g by a finger tap anywhere in the wallpaper row in UI 6200A FIG 5A UI 6200D FIG 5D is displayed A user may change the wallpaper displayed on the device by making the desired selections on UI 6200D FIG 5E illustrates exemplary user interfaces for displaying and adjusting general settings in accordance with some embodiments In some embodiments if user selects to adjust general settings UI 6200E FIG 5E is displayed Some general settings may include about backlight date and time keyboard network touch legal and reset settings For example FIG 5F illustrates exemplary user interfaces for displaying and adjusting touch settings in accordance with some embodiments In some embodiments if a user selects to adjust touch settings by selecting touch in UI 6200E in FIG 5E UI 6200F FIG 5F is displayed In some embodiments a portable multifunction device e g device 100 displays a show touch setting switch icon e g icon 6232 FIG 5F on a touch sc
39. on device that includes a touch screen is used as an exemplary embodiment It should be understood however that some of the user interfaces and associated processes may be applied to other devices such as personal computers and laptop computers that may include one or more other physical user interface devices such as a physical click wheel a physical keyboard a mouse and or a joystick The device supports a variety of applications such as a telephone application a video conferencing application an e mail application an instant messaging application a blog US 8 116 807 B2 5 ging application a digital camera application a digital video camera application a web browsing application a digital music player application and or a digital video player appli cation The various applications that may be executed on the device may use at least one common physical user interface device such as the touch screen One or more functions of the touch screen as well as corresponding information displayed on the device may be adjusted and or varied from one appli cation to the next and or within a respective application In this way a common physical architecture such as the touch screen of the device may support the variety of applications with user interfaces that are intuitive and transparent The user interfaces may include one or more soft keyboard embodiments The soft keyboard embodiments may include standard QWERTY and or non
40. one or more icons and thus one or more symbols when using the soft keyboard embodiments Attention is now directed towards embodiments of the device FIGS 1A and 1B are block diagrams illustrating portable multifunction devices 100 with touch sensitive dis plays 112 in accordance with some embodiments The touch sensitive display 112 is sometimes called a touch screen for convenience and may also be known as or called a touch sensitive display system The device 100 may include a memory 102 which may include one or more computer read able storage mediums amemory controller 122 one or more processing units CPU s 120 a peripherals interface 118 RF circuitry 108 audio circuitry 110 a speaker 111 a micro phone 113 an input output 1 0 subsystem 106 other input or control devices 116 and an external port 124 The device 100 may include one or more optical sensors 164 These components may communicate over one or more communi cation buses or signal lines 103 Tt should be appreciated that the device 100 is only one example of a portable multifunction device 100 and that the device 100 may have more or fewer components than shown may combine two or more components or a may have a different configuration or arrangement of the components The various components shown in FIGS 1A and 1B may be implemented in hardware software or a combination of both hardware and software including one or more signal process ing and or
41. or is located on the back of the device 100 opposite the touch screen display 112 on the front of the device so that the touch screen display may be used as a viewfinder for either still and or video image acqui sition In some embodiments an optical sensor is located on the front of the device so that the user s image may be obtained for videoconferencing while the user views the other video conference participants on the touch screen display In some embodiments the position of the optical sensor 164 can be changed by the user e g by rotating the lens and the sensor in the device housing so that a single optical sensor 164 may be used along with the touch screen display for both video conferencing and still and or video image acquisition The device 100 may also include one or more proximity sensors 166 FIGS 1A and 1B show a proximity sensor 166 coupled to the peripherals interface 118 Alternately the proximity sensor 166 may be coupled to an input controller 160 in the I O subsystem 106 The proximity sensor 166 may perform as described in U S patent application Ser No 11 241 839 Proximity Detector In Handheld Device Sep 30 2005 Ser No 11 240 788 Proximity Detector In Hand held Device Sep 30 2005 Ser No 11 620 702 Using Ambient Light Sensor To Augment Proximity Sensor Out put Ser No 11 586 862 Automated Response To And Sensing Of User Activity In Portable Devices filed Oct 24 2006
42. ortable electronic devices become more compact and the number of functions performed by a given device increase it has become a significant challenge to design a user interface that allows users to easily interact with a multifunc tion device This challenge is particular significant for hand held portable devices which have much smaller screens than desktop or laptop computers This situation is unfortunate because the user interface is the gateway through which users receive not only content but also responses to user actions or behaviors including user attempts to access a device s fea tures tools and functions Some portable communication devices e g mobile telephones sometimes called mobile phones cell phones cellular telephones and the like have resorted to adding more pushbuttons increasing the density of push buttons overloading the functions of pushbuttons or using complex menu systems to allow a user to access store and manipulate data These conventional user interfaces often result in complicated key sequences and menu hierarchies that must be memorized by the user Many conventional user interfaces such as those that include physical pushbuttons are also inflexible This is 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 2 unfortunate because it may prevent a user interface from being configured and or adapted by either an application run ning on the portable device or by users When coupled with
43. ouch screen the device 100 may include a touchpad not shown for activating or deactivating particular functions In some embodiments the touchpad is a touch sensitive area of the device that unlike the touch screen does not display visual output The touchpad may be a touch sensitive surface that is separate from the touch screen 112 or an extension of the touch sensitive surface formed by the touch screen In some embodiments the device 100 may include a physi cal or virtual click wheel as an input control device 116 A user may navigate among and interact with one or more graphical objects henceforth referred to as icons displayed in the touch screen 112 by rotating the click wheel or by moving a point of contact with the click wheel e g where the amount of movement of the point of contact is measured by its angular displacement with respect to a center point of the click wheel The click wheel may also be used to select one or more of the displayed icons For example the user may press down on at least a portion of the click wheel or an associated button User commands and navigation commands provided by the user via the click wheel may be processed by an input controller 160 as well as one or more of the modules and or sets of instructions in memory 102 For a virtual click wheel the click wheel and click wheel controller may be part of the touch screen 112 and the display controller 156 respec tively For a virtual click wheel
44. our Communi cator 6 pages Primary Examiner Dwayne Bost Assistant Examiner Myron Wyche 74 Attorney Agent or Firm Morgan Lewis amp Bockius LLP 57 ABSTRACT A graphical user interface on a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display includes an airplane mode switch icon with an on position and an off position A commu nications signal strength icon is displayed if the airplane mode switch icon is at the off position The communica tions signal strength icon is replaced with an airplane icon upon detecting a movement of a finger contact on or near the airplane mode switch icon The detected movement of the finger contact is from the off position to the on position 22 Claims 14 Drawing Sheets Portable Multifunction Device 100 148 a Widget Modules 149 1 Weather Widget 149 2 ae a ao Dictionary Widget User Created Widget s 150 Widget Creator Module 151 Search Module Speaker Other Input Control Devices U S Patent Feb 14 2012 Sheet 1 of 14 US 8 116 807 B2 Memory Portable Multifunction Device 102 100 126 ET gt 136 Operating System Applications continued 148 Communication Module 128 Calendar Module 149 Contact Motion Module j Widget Modules 149 1 Graphics Module Weather Widget 149 2 Text Input Module Stocks Widget 149 3 GPS Module 136 Calculator Widget _ maget 149 4 pit ae Contacts Module 1
45. phical user interfaces for turning airplane mode on and off and for dis playing whether the device is in airplane mode BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS For a better understanding of the aforementioned embodi ments of the invention as well as additional embodiments thereof reference should be made to the Description of Embodiments below in conjunction with the following draw ings in which like reference numerals refer to corresponding parts throughout the figures FIGS 1A and 1B are block diagrams illustrating portable multifunction devices with touch sensitive displays in accor dance with some embodiments FIG 2 illustrates a portable multifunction device having a touch screen in accordance with some embodiments FIG 3 illustrates an exemplary user interface for unlocking a portable electronic device in accordance with some embodi ments FIGS 4A and 4B illustrate exemplary user interfaces for a menu of applications on a portable multifunction device in accordance with some embodiments FIGS 5A 5G illustrate exemplary user interfaces for dis playing and adjusting settings in accordance with some embodiments 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 4 FIG 6 isa flow diagram illustrating a process for activating an airplane mode in accordance with some embodiments DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying d
46. raw ings In the following detailed description numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understand ing of the present invention However it will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details In other instances well known methods procedures components circuits and networks have not been described in detail so as not to unnec essarily obscure aspects of the embodiments It will also be understood that although the terms first second etc may be used herein to describe various elements these elements should not be limited by these terms These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another For example a first gesture could be termed a second gesture and similarly a second gesture could be termed a first ges ture without departing from the scope of the present inven tion The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodi ments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention As used in the description of the invention and the appended claims the singular forms a an and the are intended to include the plural forms as well unless the context clearly indicates otherwise It will also be understood that the term and or as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the a
47. reen display e g display 112 The show touch setting switch icon has an on position not shown and an off position e g 6234 FIG 5F For example in UI 6200F FIG 5F a swipe gesture from the off position 6234 to the on position is detected In response to detecting the swipe gesture the show touch set ting icon switch 6232 is displayed in the on position and the device is set to a show touch mode in which a shaded area corresponding to a user s finger contact area is displayed on the touch screen to aid the user in interacting with the touch screen FIG 5G illustrates exemplary user interfaces for display ing and adjusting iPod trademark of Apple Computer Inc settings in accordance with some embodiments In some embodiments if user selects iPod trademark of Apple Com puter Inc settings UI 6200G FIG 5G is displayed In some embodiments a portable multifunction device e g device 100 displays a shuffle mode icon e g icon 6242 FIG 5F on a touch screen display e g display 112 The shuffle mode icon has an on position not shown and an off position e g 6244 FIG 5G For example in UI 6200G FIG 5G a swipe gesture from the off position 6244 to the on position is detected In response to detecting the swipe gesture the shuffle mode switch 6242 is displayed in the on position and the iPod trademark of Apple Computer Inc feature of the
48. s to do lists and the like Embodiments of user interfaces and associated processes using notes module 153 are described further below In conjunction with RF circuitry 108 touch screen 112 display system controller 156 contact module 130 graphics module 132 text input module 134 GPS module 135 and browser module 147 the map module 154 may be used to receive display modify and store maps and data associated with maps e g driving directions data on stores and other points of interest at or near a particular location and other location based data Embodiments of user interfaces and associated processes using map module 154 are described further below Each of the above identified modules and applications cor respond to a set of instructions for performing one or more functions described above These modules i e sets of instructions need not be implemented as separate software programs procedures or modules and thus various subsets of these modules may be combined or otherwise re arranged in various embodiments For example video player module 145 may be combined with music player module 146 into a single module e g video and music player module 152 FIG 1B In some embodiments memory 102 may store a subset of the modules and data structures identified above Furthermore memory 102 may store additional modules and data struc tures not described above In some embodiments the device 100 is a device where operation
49. sic player module 146 are described further below In conjunction with RF circuitry 108 touch screen 112 display system controller 156 contact module 130 graphics module 132 and text input module 134 the browser module 147 may be used to browse the Internet including searching linking to receiving and displaying web pages or portions thereof as well as attachments and other files linked to web pages Embodiments of user interfaces and associated pro cesses using browser module 147 are described further below In conjunction with RF circuitry 108 touch screen 112 display system controller 156 contact module 130 graphics module 132 text input module 134 e mail module 140 and browser module 147 the calendar module 148 may be used to create display modify and store calendars and data associ ated with calendars e g calendar entries to do lists etc Embodiments of user interfaces and associated processes using calendar module 148 are described further below In conjunction with RF circuitry 108 touch screen 112 display system controller 156 contact module 130 graphics module 132 text input module 134 and browser module 147 the widget modules 149 are mini applications that may be downloaded and used by a user e g weather widget 149 1 stocks widget 149 2 calculator widget 149 3 alarm clock widget 149 4 and dictionary widget 149 5 or created by the user e g user created widget 149 6 In some embodiments a
50. ssociated listed items It will be further understood that the terms comprises and or comprising when used in this specification specify the presence of stated features integers steps operations elements and or components but do not preclude the pres ence or addition of one or more other features integers steps operations elements components and or groups thereof Embodiments of a portable multifunction device user interfaces for such devices and associated processes for using such devices are described In some embodiments the device is a portable communications device such as a mobile telephone that also contains other functions such as PDA and or music player functions The user interface may include a physical click wheel in addition to a touch screen ora virtual click wheel displayed on the touch screen A click wheel is a user interface device that may provide navigation commands based on an angular dis placement of the wheel or a point of contact with the wheel by auser of the device A click wheel may also be used to provide a user command corresponding to selection of one or more items for example when the user of the device presses down on at least a portion of the wheel or the center of the wheel Alternatively breaking contact with a click wheel image on a touch screen surface may indicate a user command corre sponding to selection For simplicity in the discussion that follows a portable multifuncti
51. st a telephone module 138 a video conferencing module 139 an e mail client module 140 an instant messaging IM module 141 a blogging module 142 acamera module 143 for still and or video images an image management module 144 a video player module 145 a music player module 146 a browser module 147 a calendar module 148 widget modules 149 which may include weather widget 149 1 stocks widget 149 2 calculator widget 149 3 alarm clock widget 149 4 dictionary widget 149 5 and other widgets obtained by the user as well as user created widgets 149 6 widget creator module 150 for making user created wid gets 149 6 search module 151 video and music player module 152 which merges video player module 145 and music player module 146 notes module 153 and or map module 154 Examples of other applications 136 that may be stored in memory 102 include other word processing applications JAVA enabled applications encryption digital rights man agement voice recognition and voice replication In conjunction with touch screen 112 display controller 156 contact module 130 graphics module 132 and text input module 134 the contacts module 137 may be used to manage an address book or contact list including adding name s to the address book deleting name s from the address book associating telephone number s e mail address es physi cal address es or other information with a name associating an image
52. standard configurations of symbols on the displayed icons of the keyboard such as those described in U S patent application Ser No 11 459 606 Keyboards For Portable Electronic Devices filed Jul 24 2006 and Ser No 11 459 615 Touch Screen Keyboards For Portable Electronic Devices filed Jul 24 2006 the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety The keyboard embodiments may include a reduced number of icons or soft keys relative to the number of keys in existing physical keyboards such as that for a typewriter This may make it easier for users to select one or more icons in the keyboard and thus one or more corresponding sym bols The keyboard embodiments may be adaptive For example displayed icons may be modified in accordance with user actions such as selecting one or more icons and or one or more corresponding symbols One or more applica tions on the portable device may utilize common and or dif ferent keyboard embodiments Thus the keyboard embodi ment used may be tailored to at least some of the applications In some embodiments one or more keyboard embodiments may be tailored to a respective user For example one or more keyboard embodiments may be tailored to a respective user based on a word usage history lexicography slang indi vidual usage of the respective user Some of the keyboard embodiments may be adjusted to reduce a probability of a user error when selecting
53. t motion module 130 may detect contact with the touch screen 112 in conjunction with the display control ler 156 and other touch sensitive devices e g a touchpad or physical click wheel The contact motion module 130 includes various software components for performing various operations related to detection of contact such as determining if contact has occurred determining if there is movement of the contact and tracking the movement across the touch screen 112 and determining if the contact has been broken i e ifthe contact has ceased Determining movement of the point of contact may include determining speed magnitude velocity magnitude and direction and or an acceleration a change in magnitude and or direction of the point of contact These operations may be applied to single contacts e g one finger contacts or to multiple simultaneous contacts e g multitouch multiple finger contacts In some embodi ments the contact motion module 130 and the display con troller 156 also detects contact on a touchpad In some embodiments the contact motion module 130 and the con troller 160 detects contact on a click wheel The graphics module 132 includes various known software components for rendering and displaying graphics on the touch screen 112 including components for changing the intensity of graphics that are displayed As used herein the term graphics includes any object that can be displayed to a user in
54. tact may include a gesture such as one or more taps one or more swipes from left to right right to left upward and or down ward and or a rolling of a finger from right to left left to right upward and or downward that has made contact with the device 100 In some embodiments inadvertent contact with a graphic may not select the graphic For example a swipe gesture that sweeps over an application icon may not select the corresponding application when the gesture corre sponding to selection is a tap US 8 116 807 B2 15 The device 100 may also include one or more physical buttons such as home or menu button 204 As described previously the menu button 204 may be used to navigate to any application 136 in a set of applications that may be executed on the device 100 Alternatively in some embodi ments the menu button is implemented as a soft key in a GUI in touch screen 112 In one embodiment the device 100 includes a touch screen 112 a menu button 204 a push button 206 for powering the device on off and locking the device volume adjustment button s 208 a Subscriber Identity Module SIM card slot 210 a head set jack 212 and a docking charging external port 124 The push button 206 may be used to turn the power on off on the device by depressing the button and holding the button in the depressed state for a predefined time interval to lock the device by depressing the button and releasing the button before the pr
55. tant messages may include graphics photos audio files video files and or other attach ments as are supported in a MMS and or an Enhanced Mes saging Service EMS As used herein instant messaging refers to both telephony based messages e g messages sent using SMS or MMS and Internet based messages e g mes sages sent using XMPP SIMPLE or IMPS Embodiments of user interfaces and associated processes using instant mes saging module 141 are described further below In conjunction with RF circuitry 108 touch screen 112 display controller 156 contact module 130 graphics module 132 text input module 134 image management module 144 and browsing module 147 the blogging module 142 may be used to send text still images video and or other graphics to a blog e g the user s blog Embodiments of user interfaces and associated processes using blogging module 142 are described further below In conjunction with touch screen 112 display controller 156 optical sensor s 164 optical sensor controller 158 con tact module 130 graphics module 132 and image manage ment module 144 the camera module 143 may be used to capture still images or video including a video stream and store them into memory 102 modify characteristics of a still image or video or delete a still image or video from memory 102 Embodiments of user interfaces and associated pro cesses using camera module 143 are described further below In conjunct
56. to the predefined gesture As noted above pro cesses that use gestures on the touch screen to unlock the device are described in U S patent application Ser No 11 322 549 Unlocking A Device By Performing Gestures On An Unlock Image filed Dec 23 2005 and Ser No 11 322 550 Indication Of Progress Towards Satisfaction Of A User Input Condition filed Dec 23 2005 which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety FIGS 4A and 4B illustrate exemplary user interfaces for a menu of applications on a portable multifunction device in accordance with some embodiments In some embodiments user interface 400A includes the following elements or a subset or superset thereof Signal strength indicator s 402 for wireless communica tion s such as cellular and Wi Fi signals Time 404 Battery status indicator 406 Tray 408 with icons for frequently used applications such as one or more of the following Phone 138 which may include an indicator 414 of the number of missed calls or voicemail messages 5 0 jak 5 20 25 35 40 45 60 65 16 E mail client 140 which may include an indicator 410 of the number of unread e mails Browser 147 and Music player 146 and Icons for other applications such as one or more of the following IM 141 Image management 144 Camera 143 Video player 145 Weather 149 1 Stocks 149 2 Blog 142 Calendar 148 Calculator 149 3 Al
57. tored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors the programs including instructions for displaying an airplane mode switch icon on the touch screen display displaying a communications signal strength icon on the touch screen display if the device is not in airplane mode replacing the communications signal strength icon with an airplane icon in response to detecting a finger input on the touch screen display on the airplane mode switch icon wherein detecting the finger input causes the device to enter airplane mode and wherein replacing the communications signal strength icon with the airplane icon includes displaying an animated movement of the airplane icon on the touch screen display towards the communica tions signal strength icon displaying an animated movement of the airplane icon over the communications signal strength icon and ceasing to display the communications signal strength icon 18 The device of claim 17 including instructions for if the device is in airplane mode in response to detecting another finger input on the touch screen display on the airplane mode switch icon exiting from airplane mode and replacing the plane icon with the communications signal strength icon 19 The device of claim 17 wherein the portable multifunc tion device includes a speaker and a sound is played while replacing the communications signal strength icon with the airplane icon 20 A
58. uctions which when executed by a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display cause the device to display an airplane mode switch icon on the touch screen display the airplane mode switch icon hav ing an on position and an off position display a commu nications signal strength icon on the touch screen display if the airplane mode switch icon is at the off position and replace the communications signal strength icon with an air plane icon upon detecting a movement of a finger contact on or near the airplane mode switch icon The detected move ment of the finger contact is from the off position to the on position In accordance with some embodiments a portable multi function device with a touch screen display includes means for displaying an airplane mode switch icon on the touch screen display the airplane mode switch icon having an on position and an off position means for displaying a com munications signal strength icon on the touch screen display if the airplane mode switch icon is at the off position and means for replacing the communications signal strength icon with an airplane icon upon detecting a movement of a finger contact on or near the airplane mode switch icon The detected movement of the finger contact is from the off position to the on position Thus the invention provides a portable multifunction device with more transparent and intuitive gra
59. uding communication protocols not yet developed as of the filing date of this document The audio circuitry 110 the speaker 111 and the micro phone 113 provide an audio interface between a user and the device 100 The audio circuitry 110 receives audio data from the peripherals interface 118 converts the audio data to an electrical signal and transmits the electrical signal to the speaker 111 The speaker 111 converts the electrical signal to human audible sound waves The audio circuitry 110 also receives electrical signals converted by the microphone 113 from sound waves The audio circuitry 110 converts the elec trical signal to audio data and transmits the audio data to the peripherals interface 118 for processing Audio data may be retrieved from and or transmitted to memory 102 and or the RF circuitry 108 by the peripherals interface 118 In some embodiments the audio circuitry 110 also includes a headset jack e g 212 FIG 2 The headset jack provides an interface US 8 116 807 B2 7 between the audio circuitry 110 and removable audio input output peripherals such as output only headphones or a head set with both output e g a headphone for one or both ears and input e g a microphone The I O subsystem 106 couples input output peripherals on the device 100 such as the touch screen 112 and other input control devices 116 to the peripherals interface 118 The I O subsystem 106 may include a display controller 156 and
60. widget includes an HTML Hypertext Markup Language file a CSS Cascading Style Sheets file and a JavaScript file Insome embodiments a widget includes an XML Extensible Markup Language file and a JavaScript file e g Yahoo Widgets Embodiments of user interfaces and associated processes using widget modules 149 are described further below In conjunction with RF circuitry 108 touch screen 112 display system controller 156 contact module 130 graphics module 132 text input module 134 and browser module 147 the widget creator module 150 may be used by a user to create widgets e g turning a user specified portion of a web page into a widget Embodiments of user interfaces and associated processes using widget creator module 150 are described further below In conjunction with touch screen 112 display system con troller 156 contact module 130 graphics module 132 and text input module 134 the search module 151 may be used to search for text music sound image video and or other files in memory 102 that match one or more search criteria e g one or more user specified search terms Embodiments of 0 an 5 30 40 45 14 user interfaces and associated processes using search module 151 are described further below In conjunction with touch screen 112 display controller 156 contact module 130 graphics module 132 and text input module 134 the notes module 153 may be used to create and manage note
61. with a name categorizing and sorting names pro viding telephone numbers or e mail addresses to initiate and or facilitate communications by telephone 138 video confer ence 139 e mail 140 or IM 141 and so forth Embodiments of user interfaces and associated processes using contacts module 137 are described further below In conjunction with RF circuitry 108 audio circuitry 110 speaker 111 microphone 113 touch screen 112 display con troller 156 contact module 130 graphics module 132 and text input module 134 the telephone module 138 may be used to enter a sequence of characters corresponding to a telephone number access one or more telephone numbers in the address book 137 modify a telephone number that has been entered dial a respective telephone number conduct a conversation 5 0 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 12 and disconnect or hang up when the conversation is com pleted As noted above the wireless communication may use any ofa plurality ofcommunications standards protocols and technologies Embodiments of user interfaces and associated processes using telephone module 138 are described further below In conjunction with RF circuitry 108 audio circuitry 110 speaker 111 microphone 113 touch screen 112 display con troller 156 optical sensor 164 optical sensor controller 158 contact module 130 graphics module 132 text input module 134 contact list 137 and telephone mo
62. y e g display 112 The airplane mode switch icon has an on position e g 6206 FIG 5B and an off position e g 6204 FIG 5A If the airplane mode switch icon is at the off position a communications signal strength icon e g 402 is displayed 604 on the touch screen display Upon detecting 606 a movement of a finger contact on or near the airplane mode switch icon from the off position to the on position the communications signal strength icon is replaced 608 with an airplane icon e g 6208 FIG 5B In some embodiments detecting the movement of the finger contact comprises detecting a sequence of events that includes a finger down event at or near the airplane mode switch icon at the off position one or more finger dragging events and a finger up event at or near the airplane mode switch icon at the on position 616 For example in UI 6200A FIG 5A a swipe gesture from the off position 6204 to the on position 6206 may be detected In response to detecting the swipe gesture the com munications signal strength icon 402 is replaced with the airplane icon 6208 FIG 5B In some embodiments replacing the communications sig nal strength icon with the plane icon includes an animation that includes moving the plane icon on the touch screen display towards the communications signal strength icon and then moving the plane icon over the communications signal strengt

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