Office patent and trademark office published a new Apple patent that covers the design of the home screen of the operating system watchOS. This writes the Thursday a resource PatentlyApple.
In terms of interface, the operating system of the Apple Watch is not similar to the usual iOS, neither on OS X nor on Android Wear. Apple has done something original and hastened to issue exclusive rights to his invention.
Design home screen smart watch Apple consists of round icons, the size of which decreases towards the edges of the display. To bring the icons of applications you can use the number of bits the Digital Crown, and center — fingers on the display.
“Apple Watch is the ideal option when you need something quick to look at or someone to answer. And the apps that they have developed for such use. Some, such as Mail, Messages or Cards, you are perfectly familiar, but they work differently. But other apps such as Siri, Music, Passbook, it has become easier to use right on your wrist. In addition, a completely new apps: Activity, Exercise and the Remote for the camera that turns the Apple Watch in the viewfinder the iSight camera on your iPhone.
To the patent application includes a black-and-white version of the Apple Watch interface with a standard set of programs: Clock, Phone, Mail, Music, Maps, Weather, Calendar, Camera, Photos, Settings, and other.
Patents play an important role in litigation with Apple competitors. Six owned by the American Corporation of patents, including a document on the bounce when scrolling, helped in 2011 to win a victory in court against Samsung.
