Apple patents interface for viewing guest activity feeds
Apple describes a system that alerts a user when someone is detected in a specific area and displays a list of their recent actions. The interface allows the user to view separate representations of different activities or access a live camera feed based on the guest's location.
In the filing’s own words
Some techniques are for displaying a user interface element to contact guests in accordance with some embodiments. Other techniques are for displaying guest activities in accordance with some embodiments. Other techniques are for displaying a camera feed corresponding to guest position in accordance with some embodiments. Other techniques are for displaying media based on context in accordance with some embodiments.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method, comprising: at a computer system that is in communication with one or more input devices and one or more display components: receiving a notification that a subject has been detected in an environment; in response to receiving the notification that the subject has been detected in the environment, displaying, via the one or more display components, a user interface element to view indications of activities of the subject in the environment; while displaying the user interface element to view indications of activities of the subject in the environment, detecting, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to the user interface element to view indications of activities of the subject in the environment; and in response to detecting the input corresponding to the user interface element to view indications of activities, displaying, via the one or more display components, a plurality of representations of activities performed by the subject, wherein the plurality of representations of activities includes a first representation of a first activity and a second representation of a second activity, wherein the first representation is separate from the second representation.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- USER INTERFACES AND TECHNIQUES FOR MONITORING GUESTS
- Publication number
- US20260268677A1
- Application number
- 19462925
- Filed
- Jan 28, 2026
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 23
Classified under
G06V 20/52 Physics & computingG06F 3/04815 Physics & computingG06V 2201/07 Physics & computingMore from Apple in AI & software
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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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