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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.

Why it mattersThis filing outlines the specific user steps for using satellite connectivity, which could improve how devices stay connected in areas without cell towers.

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

H04W 4/90 Electricity & electronicsG06F 3/04842 Physics & computing

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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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