Patent ID: 11868592
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising, at an electronic device in communication with a display device and one or more input devices:
displaying, in a user interface via the display device, a text entry region and a virtual keyboard, wherein the virtual keyboard includes a plurality of selectable representations of a plurality of graphical objects;
receiving, via the one or more input devices, a first user input selecting a first selectable representation of a first graphical object of the plurality of selectable representations of graphical objects, wherein the first graphical object comprises a plurality of customizable visual elements corresponding to a plurality of different portions of the first graphical object, including a first customizable visual element corresponding to a first portion of the first graphical object and a second customizable visual element corresponding to a second portion, different from the first portion, of the first graphical object; and
in response to receiving the first user input:
in accordance with a determination that one or more first criteria are satisfied, displaying, via the display device, a customization user interface, wherein the customization user interface includes:
a first section including one or more first selectable options for customizing the first portion of the first graphical object corresponding to the first customizable visual element;
a second section including one or more second selectable options for customizing the second portion of the first graphical object corresponding to the second customizable visual element; and
a third section for displaying a first respective representation of the first graphical object that indicates a current state of customization of the first graphical object, wherein:

the first respective representation of the first graphical object includes a representation of the first customizable visual element and a representation of the second customizable visual element, and
in accordance with a determination that the first customizable visual element and the second customizable visual element have not been customized, the representation of the first customizable visual element and the representation of the second customizable visual element are displayed with placeholder elements indicating that the first and second customizable visual elements have not been customized.