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Apple patents check-in feature for user-to-user communication

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Apple has filed a patent application for a user interface that allows two users to start and end a specific type of communication called a 'check-in interaction.' The system displays visual cues on the screen when the interaction begins and when it ends based on predefined criteria.

Why it mattersThis filing suggests Apple is refining how users manage and visualize specific social or safety-related communication states within its operating system.

In the filing’s own words

Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to one or more electronic devices that display a plurality of user interfaces corresponding to communication regarding a check in interaction. Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to initiating a communication. Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed towards receiving a communication.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method comprising: at a first electronic device in communication with a display generation component and one or more input devices, wherein the first electronic device is associated with a first user account: receiving, via the one or more input devices, a first indication of initiation of a check in interaction between the first user account and a second user account, different from the first user account, wherein the check in interaction is associated with a first termination condition that defines one or more criteria that, when satisfied, cause a second indication of termination of the check in interaction to be transmitted to the first user account; in response to receiving the first indication of the initiation of the check in interaction and before the one or more criteria are satisfied, displaying, via the display generation component, a first visual indication of the initiation of the check in interaction after receiving the first indication of the initiation of the check in interaction, receiving, via the one or more input devices, the second indication of termination of the check in interaction; and in response to receiving the second indication of termination of the check in interaction, displaying, via the display generation component, a second visual indication of the termination of the check in interaction.

Facts

Company
Apple (Apple Inc.)
Official title
USER INTERFACES FOR DISPLAYING, TRANSMITTING, AND RECEIVING COMMUNICATIONS
Publication number
US20260299776A1
Application number
19705482
Filed
Jun 11, 2026
Published
Oct 1, 2026
Inventors
12
Claims
20

Classified under

G06F 3/04847 Physics & computingG06F 3/04886 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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