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Apple patents new ways to interact with live on-screen updates

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Apple has filed a patent for methods that let users interact with live updates displayed on their devices. The system detects which specific part of the update a user touches and performs different actions based on that selection.

Why it mattersThis could make ongoing notifications, like sports scores or ride status, more interactive by allowing users to control specific parts of the display directly.

In the filing’s own words

The present disclosure generally relates to displaying live activities. Some techniques are for displaying content of an application based on state of device in accordance with some embodiments. Other techniques are for performing an operation based on a subject in accordance with some embodiments.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method, comprising: at a device, by an application, that is in communication with one or more display generation components: while a user interface element is being displayed via the one or more display generation components: receiving an input corresponding to the user interface element; and in response to receiving the input corresponding to the user interface element: in accordance with a determination that the input corresponds to a first subject, performing a first operation corresponding to the first subject; and in accordance with a determination that the input corresponds to a second subject, performing a second operation, different from the first operation, corresponding to the second subject, wherein the second subject is different from the first subject.

Facts

Company
Apple (Apple Inc.)
Official title
TECHNIQUES FOR DISPLAYING LIVE ACTIVITIES
Publication number
US20260319640A1
Application number
19262686
Filed
Jul 8, 2025
Published
Oct 15, 2026
Inventors
3
Claims
13

Classified under

G06F 3/0484 Physics & computingG06F 3/0481 Physics & computingG06V 20/50 Physics & computingG06V 40/10 Physics & computing
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