View source for US Patent Application 17950680. Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Updating a Session Region simplified abstract

=Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Updating a Session Region=


==Organization Name==

[[Apple Inc.]]


==Inventor(s)==

[[Chanaka G. Karunamuni of San Jose CA (US)]]

==Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Updating a Session Region - A simplified explanation of the abstract==


This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17950680 titled 'Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Updating a Session Region

==Simplified Explanation==

The abstract describes a computer system with a display area that includes a status region. 

* The computer system can detect user input in the status region. 
* If the status region is associated with an active session of an application, the computer system performs an operation related to that application. 
* If the status region is not associated with an active session, the computer system provides feedback on the user input without displaying information about any application or performing any application-related operation.


==Original Abstract Submitted==

A computer system has a display area, wherein the display area at least partially encompasses a status region. The computer system detects a user input corresponding to the status region. In response to detecting the user input corresponding to the status region, the computer system, in accordance with a determination that the status region is associated with an active session of a respective application, performs an operation associated with the respective application and in accordance with a determination that the status region is not associated with an active session of a respective application, provides feedback associated with the user input without displaying information about a respective application in the status region and without performing an operation associated with a respective application.