Apple patents interface for sending messages via satellite
Apple has been granted a patent for a system that lets users choose how to connect through a non-terrestrial network, such as a satellite. The invention describes a screen interface where users can pick between contacting a pre-set recipient or choosing a new one to send a message.
In the filing’s own words
The present disclosure generally relates to communication via a non-terrestrial communication network.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computer system configured to communicate with a display generation component and one or more input devices, comprising: one or more processors; and memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: detecting, via the one or more input devices, a set of one or more inputs corresponding to a request to communicate via a non-terrestrial communication network; in response to detecting the set of one or more inputs corresponding to the request to communicate via the non-terrestrial communication network, displaying, via the display generation component, a first set of user interface elements corresponding to respective contexts, including displaying a first context user interface element corresponding to a first context and displaying a second context user interface element corresponding to a second context that is different from the first context; detecting, via the one or more input devices, a set of one or more inputs corresponding to a selection of a respective context user interface element; in response to detecting the set of one or more inputs corresponding to the selection of the respective context user interface element: in accordance with a determination that the selection of the respective context user interface element includes selection of the first context user interface element corresponding to the first context, initiating a process for communicating with a predefined recipient via the non-terrestrial communication network; and in accordance with a determination that the selection of the respective context user interface element includes selection of the second context user interface element corresponding to the second context, initiating a process for selecting a recipient to communicate with via the non-terrestrial communication network; and after detecting selection of the second context user interface element corresponding to the second context: detecting, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to selection of a first recipient; detecting, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to send a message to the first recipient via the non-terrestrial communication network; and in response to detecting the input corresponding to the request to send the message to the first recipient via the non-terrestrial communication network, sending the message to the first recipient via the non-terrestrial communication network.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- Communication via a non-terrestrial communication network
- Patent number
- US12750651B2
- Application number
- 18679277
- Filed
- May 30, 2024
- Granted
- Sep 29, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 39
Classified under
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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