PATENT DOCUMENT

Publication Number: US-10552013-B2
Application Number: US-201514657019-A
Country: US
Kind Code: B2

Title: Data detection

Abstract:
In some embodiments, a device determines a current context of a plurality of terms, in accordance with a determination that the current context is a first context, selects one or more terms in the plurality of terms based on a first word list as actionable terms, and in accordance with a determination that the current context is a second context, different from the first context, selects one or more terms in the plurality of terms as actionable terms based on a second word list, different from the first word list. In some embodiments, the device displays the plurality of terms, wherein one or more of the actionable terms are visually distinguished from other terms. In some embodiments, a device obtains related content associated with the actionable terms, and after obtaining the related content, concurrently displays a representation of the related content along with the plurality of terms.

Claims:
The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. An electronic device, comprising:
 one or more processors; 
 memory; and 
 one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: 
 generating a user interface for display on a display, wherein the electronic device is in communication with the display; 
 while the user interface is displayed on the display, receiving, at the electronic device, a plurality of terms that corresponds to a communication with another user; 
 after receiving the plurality of terms, identifying, at the electronic device, a plurality of actionable terms in the plurality of terms, including a first actionable term and a second actionable term, and concurrently displaying, at the electronic device, the plurality of actionable terms as visually distinguished from one or more terms in the plurality of terms that are not actionable terms; 
 after identifying the plurality of actionable terms in the plurality of terms and while concurrently displaying the plurality of actionable terms as visually distinguished from the one or more terms in the plurality of terms that are not actionable terms, receiving, at the electronic device, an input selecting the first actionable term; and 
 in response to the selection of the first actionable term:
 obtaining related content associated with the first actionable term; and 
 after obtaining the related content, concurrently displaying, at the electronic device, a representation of the related content along with the received plurality of terms. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein identifying the plurality of actionable terms in the plurality of terms is based on regular expressions. 
     
     
       3. The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein identifying the plurality of actionable terms in the plurality of terms is based on a first predefined list of words. 
     
     
       4. The electronic device of  claim 3 , wherein the plurality of terms is received from a second electronic device, and the first predefined list of words is based on information from the second electronic device. 
     
     
       5. The electronic device of  claim 3 , further comprising instructions for:
 in accordance with a determination that the plurality of terms includes a first term, utilizing a second predefined list of words for identifying one or more second terms in the plurality of terms as actionable terms for a predetermined time period, wherein the first predefined list of words is different from the second predefined list of words. 
 
     
     
       6. The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the related content is actionable. 
     
     
       7. The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the plurality of terms includes a first set of terms received at a first time and a second set of terms received at a second time that was after the first time, and 
 identifying the plurality of actionable terms in the plurality of terms includes comparing the first set of terms to a first predefined list of words and comparing the second set of terms to a second predefined list of words that includes more terms than the first predefined list of words. 
 
     
     
       8. The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the plurality of terms includes a first set of terms received at a first time and a second set of terms received at a second time that was after the first time, 
 identifying the plurality of actionable terms in the plurality of terms includes identifying one or more actionable terms in the first set of terms, and identifying one or more actionable terms in the second set of terms, and 
 concurrently displaying a representation of the related content along with the received plurality of terms includes displaying the related content for one or more of the actionable terms in the second set of terms without displaying related content for any of the actionable terms in the first set of terms. 
 
     
     
       9. The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein identifying the plurality of actionable terms in the plurality of terms comprises:
 determining a context associated with a first term in the plurality of terms; and 
 identifying the plurality of actionable terms based on the context associated with the first term. 
 
     
     
       10. The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the related content includes information about an event. 
     
     
       11. The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the related content includes transaction options for an event. 
     
     
       12. The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the received plurality of terms includes a name of a movie, 
 one of the actionable terms comprises the name of the movie, and 
 the related content comprises showtimes for the movie at one or more theaters that are local to the electronic device. 
 
     
     
       13. The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the received plurality of terms includes a name of a movie, 
 one of the actionable terms comprises the name of the movie, and 
 the related content comprises a link to purchase one or more tickets for the movie at one or more theaters that are local to the electronic device. 
 
     
     
       14. The electronic device of  claim 1 , further comprising instructions for:
 after identifying the plurality of actionable terms in the plurality of terms and while concurrently displaying the plurality of actionable terms as visually distinguished from the one or more terms in the plurality of terms that are not actionable terms, receiving, at the electronic device, a second input selecting the second actionable term; and 
 in response to the selection of the second actionable term:
 obtaining second related content associated with the second actionable term, different from the related content associated with the first actionable term; and 
 after obtaining the second related content associated with the second actionable term, concurrently displaying, at the electronic device, a representation of the second related content along with the received plurality of terms. 
 
 
     
     
       15. A method comprising:
 at an electronic device in communication with a display, one or more processors and memory:
 generating a user interface for display on the display; 
 while the user interface is displayed on the display, receiving, at the electronic device, a plurality of terms that corresponds to a communication with another user; 
 after receiving the plurality of terms, identifying, at the electronic device, a plurality of actionable terms in the plurality of terms, including a first actionable term and a second actionable term, and concurrently displaying, at the electronic device, the plurality of actionable terms as visually distinguished from one or more terms in the plurality of terms that are not actionable terms; 
 after identifying the plurality of actionable terms in the plurality of terms and while concurrently displaying the plurality of actionable terms as visually distinguished from the one or more terms in the plurality of terms that are not actionable terms, receiving, at the electronic device, an input selecting the first actionable term; and 
 in response to the selection of the first actionable term:
 obtaining related content associated with the first actionable term; and 
 after obtaining the related content, concurrently displaying, at the electronic device, a representation of the related content along with the received plurality of terms. 
 
 
 
     
     
       16. The method of  claim 15 , wherein:
 the plurality of terms includes a first set of terms received at a first time and a second set of terms received at a second time that was after the first time, and 
 identifying the plurality of actionable terms in the plurality of terms includes comparing the first set of terms to a first predefined list of words and comparing the second set of terms to a second predefined list of words that includes more terms than the first predefined list of words. 
 
     
     
       17. The method of  claim 15 , wherein:
 the plurality of terms includes a first set of terms received at a first time and a second set of terms received at a second time that was after the first time, 
 identifying the plurality of actionable terms in the plurality of terms includes identifying one or more actionable terms in the first set of terms, and identifying one or more actionable terms in the second set of terms, and 
 concurrently displaying a representation of the related content along with the received plurality of terms includes displaying the related content for one or more of the actionable terms in the second set of terms without displaying related content for any of the actionable terms in the first set of terms. 
 
     
     
       18. The method of  claim 15 , wherein identifying the plurality of actionable terms in the plurality of terms is based on regular expressions. 
     
     
       19. The method of  claim 15 , wherein identifying the plurality of actionable terms in the plurality of terms is based on a first predefined list of words. 
     
     
       20. The method of  claim 19 , wherein the plurality of terms is received from a second electronic device, and the first predefined list of words is based on information from the second electronic device. 
     
     
       21. The method of  claim 19 , further comprising:
 in accordance with a determination that the plurality of terms includes a first term, utilizing a second predefined list of words for identifying one or more second terms in the plurality of terms as actionable terms for a predetermined time period, wherein the first predefined list of words is different from the second predefined list of words. 
 
     
     
       22. The method of  claim 15 , wherein the related content is actionable. 
     
     
       23. The method of  claim 15 , wherein identifying the plurality of actionable terms in the plurality of terms comprises:
 determining a context associated with a first term in the plurality of terms; and 
 identifying the plurality of actionable terms based on the context associated with the first term. 
 
     
     
       24. The method of  claim 15 , wherein the related content includes information about an event. 
     
     
       25. The method of  claim 15 , wherein the related content includes transaction options for an event. 
     
     
       26. The method of  claim 15 , wherein:
 the received plurality of terms includes a name of a movie, 
 one of the actionable terms comprises the name of the movie, and 
 the related content comprises showtimes for the movie at one or more theaters that are local to the electronic device. 
 
     
     
       27. The method of  claim 15 , wherein:
 the received plurality of terms includes a name of a movie, 
 one of the actionable terms comprises the name of the movie, and 
 the related content comprises a link to purchase one or more tickets for the movie at one or more theaters that are local to the electronic device. 
 
     
     
       28. The method of  claim 15 , further comprising:
 after identifying the plurality of actionable terms in the plurality of terms and while concurrently displaying the plurality of actionable terms as visually distinguished from the one or more terms in the plurality of terms that are not actionable terms, receiving, at the electronic device, a second input selecting the second actionable term; and 
 in response to the selection of the second actionable term:
 obtaining second related content associated with the second actionable term, different from the related content associated with the first actionable term; and 
 after obtaining the second related content associated with the second actionable term, concurrently displaying, at the electronic device, a representation of the second related content along with the received plurality of terms. 
 
 
     
     
       29. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device in communication with a display, one or more processors and memory, cause the device to:
 generate a user interface for display on the display; 
 while the user interface is displayed on the display, receive, at the electronic device, a plurality of terms that corresponds to a communication with another user; 
 after receiving the plurality of terms, identify, at the electronic device, a plurality of actionable terms in the plurality of terms, including a first actionable term and a second actionable term, and concurrently displaying, at the electronic device, the plurality of actionable terms as visually distinguished from one or more terms in the plurality of terms that are not actionable terms; 
 after identifying the plurality of actionable terms in the plurality of terms and while concurrently displaying the plurality of actionable terms as visually distinguished from the one or more terms in the plurality of terms that are not actionable terms, receive, at the electronic device, an input selecting the first actionable term; and 
 in response to the selection of the first actionable term:
 obtain related content associated with the first actionable term; and 
 after obtaining the related content, concurrently display, at the electronic device, a representation of the related content along with the received plurality of terms. 
 
 
     
     
       30. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 29 , wherein:
 the plurality of terms includes a first set of terms received at a first time and a second set of terms received at a second time that was after the first time, and 
 identifying the plurality of actionable terms in the plurality of terms &amp; includes comparing the first set of terms to a first predefined list of words and comparing the second set of terms to a second predefined list of words that includes more terms than the first predefined list of words. 
 
     
     
       31. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 29 , wherein:
 the plurality of terms includes a first set of terms received at a first time and a second set of terms received at a second time that was after the first time, 
 identifying the plurality of actionable terms in the plurality of terms includes identifying one or more actionable terms in the first set of terms, and identifying one or more actionable terms in the second set of terms, and 
 concurrently displaying a representation of the related content along with the received plurality of terms includes displaying the related content for one or more of the actionable terms in the second set of terms without displaying related content for any of the actionable terms in the first set of terms. 
 
     
     
       32. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 29 , wherein identifying the plurality of actionable terms in the plurality of terms is based on regular expressions. 
     
     
       33. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 29 , wherein identifying the plurality of actionable terms in the plurality of terms is based on a first predefined list of words. 
     
     
       34. The method of  claim 33 , wherein the plurality of terms is received from a second electronic device, and the first predefined list of words is based on information from the second electronic device. 
     
     
       35. The method of  claim 33 , the one or more programs further comprising instructions, which when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:
 in accordance with a determination that the plurality of terms includes a first term, utilizing a second predefined list of words for identifying one or more second terms in the plurality of terms as actionable terms for a predetermined time period, wherein the first predefined list of words is different from the second predefined list of words. 
 
     
     
       36. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 29 , wherein the related content is actionable. 
     
     
       37. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 29 , wherein identifying the plurality of actionable terms in the plurality of terms comprises:
 determining a context associated with a first term in the plurality of terms; and 
 identifying the plurality of actionable terms based on the context associated with the first term. 
 
     
     
       38. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 29 , wherein the related content includes information about an event. 
     
     
       39. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 29 , wherein the related content includes transaction options for an event. 
     
     
       40. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 29 , wherein:
 the received plurality of terms includes a name of a movie, 
 one of the actionable terms comprises the name of the movie, and 
 the related content comprises showtimes for the movie at one or more theaters that are local to the electronic device. 
 
     
     
       41. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 29 , wherein:
 the received plurality of terms includes a name of a movie, 
 one of the actionable terms comprises the name of the movie, and 
 the related content comprises a link to purchase one or more tickets for the movie at one or more theaters that are local to the electronic device. 
 
     
     
       42. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 29 , the one or more programs further comprising instructions, which when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:
 after identifying the plurality of actionable terms in the plurality of terms and while concurrently displaying the plurality of actionable terms as visually distinguished from the one or more terms in the plurality of terms that are not actionable terms, receiving, at the electronic device, a second input selecting the second actionable term; and 
 in response to the selection of the second actionable term:
 obtaining second related content associated with the second actionable term, different from the related content associated with the first actionable term; and 
 after obtaining the second related content associated with the second actionable term, concurrently displaying, at the electronic device, a representation of the second related content along with the received plurality of terms.

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/086,610 filed on Dec. 2, 2014, the entire disclosure of which is herein incorporated by reference for all purposes. 
    
    
     FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     This relates generally to electronic devices that detect relevant data in communications. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     Communication between people using electronic devices has increased significantly in recent years. These devices can be devices such as computers, tablet computers, televisions, multimedia devices, mobile devices, and the like. 
     These communications often consist of user-provided content (e.g., text, images, etc.) being transmitted from one electronic device to another. Enhancing these communications improves the user&#39;s experience with the device and decreases user interaction time, which is particularly important where input devices are battery-operated. 
     SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     The embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to one or more devices that optionally select terms in communications as actionable terms based on context-dependent word lists, and automatically populate the communications with content related to the communications, and one or more actions related to the above that the devices optionally perform. The full descriptions of the embodiments are provided in the Drawings and the Detailed Description, and it is understood that the Summary provided above does not limit the scope of the disclosure in any way. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       For a better understanding of the various described embodiments, reference should be made to the Detailed Description below, in conjunction with the following drawings in which like reference numerals refer to corresponding parts throughout the figures. 
         FIG. 1A  is a block diagram illustrating a multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG. 1B  is a block diagram illustrating exemplary components for event handling in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG. 2  illustrates a multifunction device having a touch screen in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG. 3  is a block diagram of an exemplary multifunction device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIG. 4  illustrates an exemplary user interface for a multifunction device with a touch-sensitive surface that is separate from the display in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIGS. 5A-5O  illustrate exemplary ways in which electronic devices select terms in communications between users based on a context of the terms in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. 
         FIGS. 6A-6E  are flow diagrams illustrating a method of selecting terms in communications between users based on a context of the terms in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIGS. 7A-7F  illustrate exemplary ways in which an electronic device automatically populates a user interface with content in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. 
         FIGS. 8A-8C  are flow diagrams illustrating a method of automatically populating a user interface with content in accordance with some embodiments. 
         FIGS. 9-10  are functional block diagrams of electronic devices in accordance with some embodiments. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     In the following description of embodiments, reference is made to the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof, and in which it is shown by way of illustration specific embodiments that are optionally practiced. It is to be understood that other embodiments are optionally used and structural changes are optionally made without departing from the scope of the disclosed embodiments. 
     Exemplary Devices 
     Embodiments of electronic devices, user interfaces for such devices, and associated processes for using such devices are described. In some embodiments, the device is a portable communications device, such as a mobile telephone, that also contains other functions, such as PDA and/or music player functions. Exemplary embodiments of portable multifunction devices include, without limitation, the iPhone®, iPod Touch®, and iPad® devices from Apple Inc. of Cupertino, Calif. Other portable electronic devices, such as laptops or tablet computers with touch-sensitive surfaces (e.g., touch screen displays and/or touch pads), are, optionally, used. It should also be understood that, in some embodiments, the device is not a portable communications device, but is a desktop computer or a television with a touch-sensitive surface (e.g., a touch screen display and/or a touch pad). In some embodiments, the device does not have a touch screen display and/or a touch pad, but rather is capable of outputting display information (such as the user interfaces of the disclosure) for display on a separate display device, and capable of receiving input information from a separate input device having one or more input mechanisms (such as one or more buttons, a touch screen display and/or a touch pad). In some embodiments, the device has a display, but is capable of receiving input information from a separate input device having one or more input mechanisms (such as one or more buttons, a touch screen display and/or a touch pad). 
     In the discussion that follows, an electronic device that includes a display and a touch-sensitive surface is described. It should be understood, however, that the electronic device optionally includes one or more other physical user-interface devices, such as a physical keyboard, a mouse and/or a joystick. Further, as described above, it should be understood that the described electronic device, display and touch-sensitive surface are optionally distributed amongst two or more devices. Therefore, as used in this disclosure, information displayed on the electronic device or by the electronic device is optionally used to describe information outputted by the electronic device for display on a separate display device (touch-sensitive or not). Similarly, as used in this disclosure, input received on the electronic device (e.g., touch input received on a touch-sensitive surface of the electronic device) is optionally used to describe input received on a separate input device, from which the electronic device receives input information. 
     The device typically supports a variety of applications, such as one or more of the following: a drawing application, a presentation application, a word processing application, a website creation application, a disk authoring application, a spreadsheet application, a gaming application, a telephone application, a video conferencing application, an e-mail application, an instant messaging application, a workout support application, a photo management application, a digital camera application, a digital video camera application, a web browsing application, a digital music player application, a television channel browsing application, and/or a digital video player application. 
     The various applications that are executed on the device optionally use at least one common physical user-interface device, such as the touch-sensitive surface. One or more functions of the touch-sensitive surface as well as corresponding information displayed on the device are, optionally, adjusted and/or varied from one application to the next and/or within a respective application. In this way, a common physical architecture (such as the touch-sensitive surface) of the device optionally supports the variety of applications with user interfaces that are intuitive and transparent to the user. 
     Attention is now directed toward embodiments of portable or non-portable devices with touch-sensitive displays, though the devices need not include touch-sensitive displays or displays in general, as described above.  FIG. 1A  is a block diagram illustrating portable or non-portable multifunction device  100  with touch-sensitive displays  112  in accordance with some embodiments. Touch-sensitive display  112  is sometimes called a “touch screen” for convenience, and is sometimes known as or called a touch-sensitive display system. Device  100  includes memory  102  (which optionally includes one or more computer readable storage mediums), memory controller  122 , one or more processing units (CPU&#39;s)  120 , peripherals interface  118 , RF circuitry  108 , audio circuitry  110 , speaker  111 , microphone  113 , input/output (I/O) subsystem  106 , other input or control devices  116 , and external port  124 . Device  100  optionally includes one or more optical sensors  164 . Device  100  optionally includes one or more intensity sensors  165  for detecting intensity of contacts on device  100  (e.g., a touch-sensitive surface such as touch-sensitive display system  112  of device  100 ). Device  100  optionally includes one or more tactile output generators  167  for generating tactile outputs on device  100  (e.g., generating tactile outputs on a touch-sensitive surface such as touch-sensitive display system  112  of device  100  or touchpad  355  of device  300 ). These components optionally communicate over one or more communication buses or signal lines  103 . 
     As used in the specification and claims, the term “intensity” of a contact on a touch-sensitive surface refers to the force or pressure (force per unit area) of a contact (e.g., a finger contact) on the touch-sensitive surface, or to a substitute (proxy) for the force or pressure of a contact on the touch-sensitive surface. The intensity of a contact has a range of values that includes at least four distinct values and more typically includes hundreds of distinct values (e.g., at least 256). Intensity of a contact is, optionally, determined (or measured) using various approaches and various sensors or combinations of sensors. For example, one or more force sensors underneath or adjacent to the touch-sensitive surface are, optionally, used to measure force at various points on the touch-sensitive surface. In some implementations, force measurements from multiple force sensors are combined (e.g., a weighted average) to determine an estimated force of a contact. Similarly, a pressure-sensitive tip of a stylus is, optionally, used to determine a pressure of the stylus on the touch-sensitive surface. Alternatively, the size of the contact area detected on the touch-sensitive surface and/or changes thereto, the capacitance of the touch-sensitive surface proximate to the contact and/or changes thereto, and/or the resistance of the touch-sensitive surface proximate to the contact and/or changes thereto are, optionally, used as a substitute for the force or pressure of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface. In some implementations, the substitute measurements for contact force or pressure are used directly to determine whether an intensity threshold has been exceeded (e.g., the intensity threshold is described in units corresponding to the substitute measurements). In some implementations, the substitute measurements for contact force or pressure are converted to an estimated force or pressure and the estimated force or pressure is used to determine whether an intensity threshold has been exceeded (e.g., the intensity threshold is a pressure threshold measured in units of pressure). 
     As used in the specification and claims, the term “tactile output” refers to physical displacement of a device relative to a previous position of the device, physical displacement of a component (e.g., a touch-sensitive surface) of a device relative to another component (e.g., housing) of the device, or displacement of the component relative to a center of mass of the device that will be detected by a user with the user&#39;s sense of touch. For example, in situations where the device or the component of the device is in contact with a surface of a user that is sensitive to touch (e.g., a finger, palm, or other part of a user&#39;s hand), the tactile output generated by the physical displacement will be interpreted by the user as a tactile sensation corresponding to a perceived change in physical characteristics of the device or the component of the device. For example, movement of a touch-sensitive surface (e.g., a touch-sensitive display or trackpad) is, optionally, interpreted by the user as a “down click” or “up click” of a physical actuator button. In some cases, a user will feel a tactile sensation such as an “down click” or “up click” even when there is no movement of a physical actuator button associated with the touch-sensitive surface that is physically pressed (e.g., displaced) by the user&#39;s movements. As another example, movement of the touch-sensitive surface is, optionally, interpreted or sensed by the user as “roughness” of the touch-sensitive surface, even when there is no change in smoothness of the touch-sensitive surface. While such interpretations of touch by a user will be subject to the individualized sensory perceptions of the user, there are many sensory perceptions of touch that are common to a large majority of users. Thus, when a tactile output is described as corresponding to a particular sensory perception of a user (e.g., an “up click,” a “down click,” “roughness”), unless otherwise stated, the generated tactile output corresponds to physical displacement of the device or a component thereof that will generate the described sensory perception for a typical (or average) user. 
     It should be appreciated that device  100  is only one example of a portable or non-portable multifunction device, and that device  100  optionally has more or fewer components than shown, optionally combines two or more components, or optionally has a different configuration or arrangement of the components. The various components shown in  FIG. 1A  are implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of both hardware and software, including one or more signal processing and/or application specific integrated circuits. Further, the various components shown in  FIG. 1A  are optionally implemented across two or more devices; for example, a display and audio circuitry on a display device, a touch-sensitive surface on an input device, and remaining components on device  100 . In such an embodiment, device  100  optionally communicates with the display device and/or the input device to facilitate operation of the system, as described in the disclosure, and the various components described herein that relate to display and/or input remain in device  100 , or are optionally included in the display and/or input device, as appropriate. 
     Memory  102  optionally includes high-speed random access memory and optionally also includes non-volatile memory, such as one or more magnetic disk storage devices, flash memory devices, or other non-volatile solid-state memory devices. Access to memory  102  by other components of device  100 , such as CPU  120  and the peripherals interface  118 , is, optionally, controlled by memory controller  122 . 
     Peripherals interface  118  can be used to couple input and output peripherals of the device to CPU  120  and memory  102 . The one or more processors  120  run or execute various software programs and/or sets of instructions stored in memory  102  to perform various functions for device  100  and to process data. 
     In some embodiments, peripherals interface  118 , CPU  120 , and memory controller  122  are, optionally, implemented on a single chip, such as chip  104 . In some other embodiments, they are, optionally, implemented on separate chips. 
     RF (radio frequency) circuitry  108  receives and sends RF signals, also called electromagnetic signals. RF circuitry  108  converts electrical signals to/from electromagnetic signals and communicates with communications networks and other communications devices via the electromagnetic signals. RF circuitry  108  optionally includes well-known circuitry for performing these functions, including but not limited to an antenna system, an RF transceiver, one or more amplifiers, a tuner, one or more oscillators, a digital signal processor, a CODEC chipset, a subscriber identity module (SIM) card, memory, and so forth. RF circuitry  108  optionally communicates with networks, such as the Internet, also referred to as the World Wide Web (WWW), an intranet and/or a wireless network, such as a cellular telephone network, a wireless local area network (LAN) and/or a metropolitan area network (MAN), and other devices by wireless communication. The wireless communication optionally uses any of a plurality of communications standards, protocols and technologies, including but not limited to Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Enhanced Data GSM Environment (EDGE), high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), high-speed uplink packet access (HSUPA), Evolution, Data-Only (EV-DO), HSPA, HSPA+, Dual-Cell HSPA (DC-HSPDA), long term evolution (LTE), near field communication (NFC), wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA), code division multiple access (CDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), Bluetooth, Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) (e.g., IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g and/or IEEE 802.11n), voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Wi-MAX, a protocol for e-mail (e.g., Internet message access protocol (IMAP) and/or post office protocol (POP)), instant messaging (e.g., extensible messaging and presence protocol (XMPP), Session Initiation Protocol for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions (SIMPLE), Instant Messaging and Presence Service (IMPS)), and/or Short Message Service (SMS), or any other suitable communication protocol, including communication protocols not yet developed as of the filing date of this document. 
     Audio circuitry  110 , speaker  111 , and microphone  113  provide an audio interface between a user and device  100 . Audio circuitry  110  receives audio data from peripherals interface  118 , converts the audio data to an electrical signal, and transmits the electrical signal to speaker  111 . Speaker  111  converts the electrical signal to human-audible sound waves. Audio circuitry  110  also receives electrical signals converted by microphone  113  from sound waves. Audio circuitry  110  converts the electrical signal to audio data and transmits the audio data to peripherals interface  118  for processing. Audio data is, optionally, retrieved from and/or transmitted to memory  102  and/or RF circuitry  108  by peripherals interface  118 . In some embodiments, audio circuitry  110  also includes a headset jack (e.g.,  212 ,  FIG. 2 ). The headset jack provides an interface between audio circuitry  110  and removable audio input/output peripherals, such as output-only headphones or a headset with both output (e.g., a headphone for one or both ears) and input (e.g., a microphone). 
     I/O subsystem  106  couples input/output peripherals on device  100 , such as touch screen  112  and other input control devices  116 , to peripherals interface  118 . I/O subsystem  106  optionally includes display controller  156 , optical sensor controller  158 , intensity sensor controller  159 , haptic feedback controller  161  and one or more input controllers  160  for other input or control devices. The one or more input controllers  160  receive/send electrical signals from/to other input or control devices  116 . The other input control devices  116  optionally include physical buttons (e.g., push buttons, rocker buttons, etc.), dials, slider switches, joysticks, click wheels, and so forth. In some alternate embodiments, input controller(s)  160  are, optionally, coupled to any (or none) of the following: a keyboard, infrared port, USB port, and a pointer device such as a mouse. The one or more buttons (e.g.,  208 ,  FIG. 2 ) optionally include an up/down button for volume control of speaker  111  and/or microphone  113 . The one or more buttons optionally include a push button (e.g.,  206 ,  FIG. 2 ). 
     Touch-sensitive display  112  provides an input interface and an output interface between the device and a user. As described above, the touch-sensitive operation and the display operation of touch-sensitive display  112  are optionally separated from each other, such that a display device is used for display purposes and a touch-sensitive surface (whether display or not) is used for input detection purposes, and the described components and functions are modified accordingly. However, for simplicity, the following description is provided with reference to a touch-sensitive display. Display controller  156  receives and/or sends electrical signals from/to touch screen  112 . Touch screen  112  displays visual output to the user. The visual output optionally includes graphics, text, icons, video, and any combination thereof (collectively termed “graphics”). In some embodiments, some or all of the visual output corresponds to user-interface objects. 
     Touch screen  112  has a touch-sensitive surface, sensor or set of sensors that accepts input from the user based on haptic and/or tactile contact. Touch screen  112  and display controller  156  (along with any associated modules and/or sets of instructions in memory  102 ) detect contact (and any movement or breaking of the contact) on touch screen  112  and converts the detected contact into interaction with user-interface objects (e.g., one or more soft keys, icons, web pages or images) that are displayed on touch screen  112 . In an exemplary embodiment, a point of contact between touch screen  112  and the user corresponds to a finger of the user. 
     Touch screen  112  optionally uses LCD (liquid crystal display) technology, LPD (light emitting polymer display) technology, or LED (light emitting diode) technology, although other display technologies are used in other embodiments. Touch screen  112  and display controller  156  optionally detect contact and any movement or breaking thereof using any of a plurality of touch sensing technologies now known or later developed, including but not limited to capacitive, resistive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave technologies, as well as other proximity sensor arrays or other elements for determining one or more points of contact with touch screen  112 . In an exemplary embodiment, projected mutual capacitance sensing technology is used, such as that found in the iPhone®, iPod Touch®, and iPad® from Apple Inc. of Cupertino, Calif. 
     Touch screen  112  optionally has a video resolution in excess of 100 dpi. In some embodiments, the touch screen has a video resolution of approximately 160 dpi. The user optionally makes contact with touch screen  112  using any suitable object or appendage, such as a stylus, a finger, and so forth. In some embodiments, the user interface is designed to work primarily with finger-based contacts and gestures, which can be less precise than stylus-based input due to the larger area of contact of a finger on the touch screen. In some embodiments, the device translates the rough finger-based input into a precise pointer/cursor position or command for performing the actions desired by the user. 
     In some embodiments, in addition to the touch screen, device  100  optionally includes a touchpad (not shown) for activating or deactivating particular functions. In some embodiments, the touchpad is a touch-sensitive area of the device that, unlike the touch screen, does not display visual output. The touchpad is, optionally, a touch-sensitive surface that is separate from touch screen  112  or an extension of the touch-sensitive surface formed by the touch screen. 
     Device  100  also includes power system  162  for powering the various components. Power system  162  optionally includes a power management system, one or more power sources (e.g., battery, alternating current (AC)), a recharging system, a power failure detection circuit, a power converter or inverter, a power status indicator (e.g., a light-emitting diode (LED)) and any other components associated with the generation, management and distribution of power in portable or non-portable devices. 
     Device  100  optionally also includes one or more optical sensors  164 .  FIG. 1A  shows an optical sensor coupled to optical sensor controller  158  in I/O subsystem  106 . Optical sensor  164  optionally includes charge-coupled device (CCD) or complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) phototransistors. Optical sensor  164  receives light from the environment, projected through one or more lens, and converts the light to data representing an image. In conjunction with imaging module  143  (also called a camera module), optical sensor  164  optionally captures still images or video. In some embodiments, an optical sensor is located on the back of device  100 , opposite touch screen display  112  on the front of the device, so that the touch screen display is enabled for use as a viewfinder for still and/or video image acquisition. In some embodiments, another optical sensor is located on the front of the device so that the user&#39;s image is, optionally, obtained for videoconferencing while the user views the other video conference participants on the touch screen display. 
     Device  100  optionally also includes one or more contact intensity sensors  165 .  FIG. 1A  shows a contact intensity sensor coupled to intensity sensor controller  159  in I/O subsystem  106 . Contact intensity sensor  165  optionally includes one or more piezoresistive strain gauges, capacitive force sensors, electric force sensors, piezoelectric force sensors, optical force sensors, capacitive touch-sensitive surfaces, or other intensity sensors (e.g., sensors used to measure the force (or pressure) of a contact on a touch-sensitive surface). Contact intensity sensor  165  receives contact intensity information (e.g., pressure information or a proxy for pressure information) from the environment. In some embodiments, at least one contact intensity sensor is collocated with, or proximate to, a touch-sensitive surface (e.g., touch-sensitive display system  112 ). In some embodiments, at least one contact intensity sensor is located on the back of device  100 , opposite touch screen display  112  which is located on the front of device  100 . 
     Device  100  optionally also includes one or more proximity sensors  166 .  FIG. 1A  shows proximity sensor  166  coupled to peripherals interface  118 . Alternately, proximity sensor  166  is coupled to input controller  160  in I/O subsystem  106 . In some embodiments, the proximity sensor turns off and disables touch screen  112  when the multifunction device is placed near the user&#39;s ear (e.g., when the user is making a phone call). 
     Device  100  optionally also includes one or more tactile output generators  167 .  FIG. 1A  shows a tactile output generator coupled to haptic feedback controller  161  in I/O subsystem  106 . Tactile output generator  167  optionally includes one or more electroacoustic devices such as speakers or other audio components and/or electromechanical devices that convert energy into linear motion such as a motor, solenoid, electroactive polymer, piezoelectric actuator, electrostatic actuator, or other tactile output generating component (e.g., a component that converts electrical signals into tactile outputs on the device). Contact intensity sensor  165  receives tactile feedback generation instructions from haptic feedback module  133  and generates tactile outputs on device  100  that are capable of being sensed by a user of device  100 . In some embodiments, at least one tactile output generator is collocated with, or proximate to, a touch-sensitive surface (e.g., touch-sensitive display system  112 ) and, optionally, generates a tactile output by moving the touch-sensitive surface vertically (e.g., in/out of a surface of device  100 ) or laterally (e.g., back and forth in the same plane as a surface of device  100 ). In some embodiments, at least one tactile output generator sensor is located on the back of device  100 , opposite touch screen display  112  which is located on the front of device  100 . 
     Device  100  optionally also includes one or more accelerometers  168 .  FIG. 1A  shows accelerometer  168  coupled to peripherals interface  118 . Alternately, accelerometer  168  is, optionally, coupled to an input controller  160  in I/O subsystem  106 . In some embodiments, information is displayed on the touch screen display in a portrait view or a landscape view based on an analysis of data received from the one or more accelerometers. Device  100  optionally includes, in addition to accelerometer(s)  168 , a magnetometer (not shown) and a GPS (or GLONASS or other global navigation system) receiver (not shown) for obtaining information concerning the location and orientation (e.g., portrait or landscape) of device  100 . 
     In some embodiments, the software components stored in memory  102  include operating system  126 , communication module (or set of instructions)  128 , contact/motion module (or set of instructions)  130 , graphics module (or set of instructions)  132 , text input module (or set of instructions)  134 , Global Positioning System (GPS) module (or set of instructions)  135 , and applications (or sets of instructions)  136 . Furthermore, in some embodiments memory  102  stores device/global internal state  157 , as shown in  FIGS. 1A and 3 . Device/global internal state  157  includes one or more of: active application state, indicating which applications, if any, are currently active; display state, indicating what applications, views or other information occupy various regions of touch screen display  112 ; sensor state, including information obtained from the device&#39;s various sensors and input control devices  116 ; and location information concerning the device&#39;s location and/or attitude. 
     Operating system  126  (e.g., Darwin, RTXC, LINUX, UNIX, OS X, WINDOWS, or an embedded operating system such as VxWorks) includes various software components and/or drivers for controlling and managing general system tasks (e.g., memory management, storage device control, power management, etc.) and facilitates communication between various hardware and software components. 
     Communication module  128  facilitates communication with other devices over one or more external ports  124  and also includes various software components for handling data received by RF circuitry  108  and/or external port  124 . External port  124  (e.g., Universal Serial Bus (USB), FIREWIRE, etc.) is adapted for coupling directly to other devices or indirectly over a network (e.g., the Internet, wireless LAN, etc.). In some embodiments, the external port is a multi-pin (e.g., 30-pin) connector that is the same as, or similar to and/or compatible with the 30-pin connector used on iPod (trademark of Apple Inc.) devices. 
     Contact/motion module  130  optionally detects contact with touch screen  112  (in conjunction with display controller  156 ) and other touch-sensitive devices (e.g., a touchpad or physical click wheel). Contact/motion module  130  includes various software components for performing various operations related to detection of contact, such as determining if contact has occurred (e.g., detecting a finger-down event), determining an intensity of the contact (e.g., the force or pressure of the contact or a substitute for the force or pressure of the contact) determining if there is movement of the contact and tracking the movement across the touch-sensitive surface (e.g., detecting one or more finger-dragging events), and determining if the contact has ceased (e.g., detecting a finger-up event or a break in contact). Contact/motion module  130  receives contact data from the touch-sensitive surface. Determining movement of the point of contact, which is represented by a series of contact data, optionally includes determining speed (magnitude), velocity (magnitude and direction), and/or an acceleration (a change in magnitude and/or direction) of the point of contact. These operations are, optionally, applied to single contacts (e.g., one finger contacts) or to multiple simultaneous contacts (e.g., “multitouch”/multiple finger contacts). In some embodiments, contact/motion module  130  and display controller  156  detect contact on a touchpad. 
     In some embodiments, contact/motion module  130  uses a set of one or more intensity thresholds to determine whether an operation has been performed by a user (e.g., to determine whether a user has “clicked” on an icon). In some embodiments at least a subset of the intensity thresholds are determined in accordance with software parameters (e.g., the intensity thresholds are not determined by the activation thresholds of particular physical actuators and can be adjusted without changing the physical hardware of device  100 ). For example, a mouse “click” threshold of a trackpad or touch screen display can be set to any of a large range of predefined thresholds values without changing the trackpad or touch screen display hardware. Additionally, in some implementations a user of the device is provided with software settings for adjusting one or more of the set of intensity thresholds (e.g., by adjusting individual intensity thresholds and/or by adjusting a plurality of intensity thresholds at once with a system-level click “intensity” parameter). 
     Contact/motion module  130  optionally detects a gesture input by a user. Different gestures on the touch-sensitive surface have different contact patterns and intensities. Thus, a gesture is, optionally, detected by detecting a particular contact pattern. For example, detecting a finger tap gesture includes detecting a finger-down event followed by detecting a finger-up (lift off) event at the same position (or substantially the same position) as the finger-down event (e.g., at the position of an icon). As another example, detecting a finger swipe gesture on the touch-sensitive surface includes detecting a finger-down event followed by detecting one or more finger-dragging events, and subsequently followed by detecting a finger-up (lift off) event. 
     Graphics module  132  includes various known software components for rendering and displaying graphics on touch screen  112  or other display, including components for changing the visual impact (e.g., brightness, transparency, saturation, contrast or other visual property) of graphics that are displayed. As used herein, the term “graphics” includes any object that can be displayed to a user, including without limitation text, web pages, icons (such as user-interface objects including soft keys), digital images, videos, animations and the like. 
     In some embodiments, graphics module  132  stores data representing graphics to be used. Each graphic is, optionally, assigned a corresponding code. Graphics module  132  receives, from applications etc., one or more codes specifying graphics to be displayed along with, if necessary, coordinate data and other graphic property data, and then generates screen image data to output to display controller  156 . 
     Haptic feedback module  133  includes various software components for generating instructions used by tactile output generator(s)  167  to produce tactile outputs at one or more locations on device  100  in response to user interactions with device  100 . 
     Text input module  134 , which is, optionally, a component of graphics module  132 , provides soft keyboards for entering text in various applications (e.g., contacts  137 , e-mail  140 , IM  141 , browser  147 , and any other application that needs text input). 
     GPS module  135  determines the location of the device and provides this information for use in various applications (e.g., to telephone  138  for use in location-based dialing, to camera  143  as picture/video metadata, and to applications that provide location-based services such as weather widgets, local yellow page widgets, and map/navigation widgets). 
     Applications  136  optionally include the following modules (or sets of instructions), or a subset or superset thereof:
         contacts module  137  (sometimes called an address book or contact list);   telephone module  138 ;   video conferencing module  139 ;   e-mail client module  140 ;   instant messaging (IM) module  141 ;   workout support module  142 ;   camera module  143  for still and/or video images;   image management module  144 ;   browser module  147 ;   calendar module  148 ;   widget modules  149 , which optionally include one or more of: weather widget  149 - 1 , stocks widget  149 - 2 , calculator widget  149 - 3 , alarm clock widget  149 - 4 , dictionary widget  149 - 5 , and other widgets obtained by the user, as well as user-created widgets  149 - 6 ;   widget creator module  150  for making user-created widgets  149 - 6 ;   search module  151 ;   video and music player module  152 , which is, optionally, made up of a video player module and a music player module;   notes module  153 ;   map module  154 ;   online video module  155 .       

     Examples of other applications  136  that are, optionally, stored in memory  102  include other word processing applications, other image editing applications, drawing applications, presentation applications, JAVA-enabled applications, encryption, digital rights management, voice recognition, and voice replication. 
     In conjunction with touch screen  112 , display controller  156 , contact module  130 , graphics module  132 , and text input module  134 , contacts module  137  are, optionally, used to manage an address book or contact list (e.g., stored in application internal state  192  of contacts module  137  in memory  102  or memory  370 ), including: adding name(s) to the address book; deleting name(s) from the address book; associating telephone number(s), e-mail address(es), physical address(es) or other information with a name; associating an image with a name; categorizing and sorting names; providing telephone numbers or e-mail addresses to initiate and/or facilitate communications by telephone  138 , video conference  139 , e-mail  140 , or IM  141 ; and so forth. 
     In conjunction with RF circuitry  108 , audio circuitry  110 , speaker  111 , microphone  113 , touch screen  112 , display controller  156 , contact module  130 , graphics module  132 , and text input module  134 , telephone module  138  are, optionally, used to enter a sequence of characters corresponding to a telephone number, access one or more telephone numbers in address book  137 , modify a telephone number that has been entered, dial a respective telephone number, conduct a conversation and disconnect or hang up when the conversation is completed. As noted above, the wireless communication optionally uses any of a plurality of communications standards, protocols and technologies. 
     In conjunction with RF circuitry  108 , audio circuitry  110 , speaker  111 , microphone  113 , touch screen  112 , display controller  156 , optical sensor  164 , optical sensor controller  158 , contact module  130 , graphics module  132 , text input module  134 , contact list  137 , and telephone module  138 , videoconferencing module  139  includes executable instructions to initiate, conduct, and terminate a video conference between a user and one or more other participants in accordance with user instructions. 
     In conjunction with RF circuitry  108 , touch screen  112 , display controller  156 , contact module  130 , graphics module  132 , and text input module  134 , e-mail client module  140  includes executable instructions to create, send, receive, and manage e-mail in response to user instructions. In conjunction with image management module  144 , e-mail client module  140  makes it very easy to create and send e-mails with still or video images taken with camera module  143 . 
     In conjunction with RF circuitry  108 , touch screen  112 , display controller  156 , contact module  130 , graphics module  132 , and text input module  134 , the instant messaging module  141  includes executable instructions to enter a sequence of characters corresponding to an instant message, to modify previously entered characters, to transmit a respective instant message (for example, using a Short Message Service (SMS) or Multimedia Message Service (MMS) protocol for telephony-based instant messages or using XMPP, SIMPLE, or IMPS for Internet-based instant messages), to receive instant messages and to view received instant messages. In some embodiments, transmitted and/or received instant messages optionally include graphics, photos, audio files, video files and/or other attachments as are supported in a MMS and/or an Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS). As used herein, “instant messaging” refers to both telephony-based messages (e.g., messages sent using SMS or MMS) and Internet-based messages (e.g., messages sent using XMPP, SIMPLE, or IMPS). 
     In conjunction with RF circuitry  108 , touch screen  112 , display controller  156 , contact module  130 , graphics module  132 , text input module  134 , GPS module  135 , map module  154 , and music player module  146 , workout support module  142  includes executable instructions to create workouts (e.g., with time, distance, and/or calorie burning goals); communicate with workout sensors (sports devices); receive workout sensor data; calibrate sensors used to monitor a workout; select and play music for a workout; and display, store and transmit workout data. 
     In conjunction with touch screen  112 , display controller  156 , optical sensor(s)  164 , optical sensor controller  158 , contact module  130 , graphics module  132 , and image management module  144 , camera module  143  includes executable instructions to capture still images or video (including a video stream) and store them into memory  102 , modify characteristics of a still image or video, or delete a still image or video from memory  102 . 
     In conjunction with touch screen  112 , display controller  156 , contact module  130 , graphics module  132 , text input module  134 , and camera module  143 , image management module  144  includes executable instructions to arrange, modify (e.g., edit), or otherwise manipulate, label, delete, present (e.g., in a digital slide show or album), and store still and/or video images. 
     In conjunction with RF circuitry  108 , touch screen  112 , display system controller  156 , contact module  130 , graphics module  132 , and text input module  134 , browser module  147  includes executable instructions to browse the Internet in accordance with user instructions, including searching, linking to, receiving, and displaying web pages or portions thereof, as well as attachments and other files linked to web pages. 
     In conjunction with RF circuitry  108 , touch screen  112 , display system controller  156 , contact module  130 , graphics module  132 , text input module  134 , e-mail client module  140 , and browser module  147 , calendar module  148  includes executable instructions to create, display, modify, and store calendars and data associated with calendars (e.g., calendar entries, to do lists, etc.) in accordance with user instructions. 
     In conjunction with RF circuitry  108 , touch screen  112 , display system controller  156 , contact module  130 , graphics module  132 , text input module  134 , and browser module  147 , widget modules  149  are mini-applications that are, optionally, downloaded and used by a user (e.g., weather widget  149 - 1 , stocks widget  149 - 2 , calculator widget  149 - 3 , alarm clock widget  149 - 4 , and dictionary widget  149 - 5 ) or created by the user (e.g., user-created widget  149 - 6 ). In some embodiments, a widget includes an HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) file, a CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) file, and a JavaScript file. In some embodiments, a widget includes an XML (Extensible Markup Language) file and a JavaScript file (e.g., Yahoo! Widgets). 
     In conjunction with RF circuitry  108 , touch screen  112 , display system controller  156 , contact module  130 , graphics module  132 , text input module  134 , and browser module  147 , the widget creator module  150  are, optionally, used by a user to create widgets (e.g., turning a user-specified portion of a web page into a widget). 
     In conjunction with touch screen  112 , display system controller  156 , contact module  130 , graphics module  132 , and text input module  134 , search module  151  includes executable instructions to search for text, music, sound, image, video, and/or other files in memory  102  that match one or more search criteria (e.g., one or more user-specified search terms) in accordance with user instructions. 
     In conjunction with touch screen  112 , display system controller  156 , contact module  130 , graphics module  132 , audio circuitry  110 , speaker  111 , RF circuitry  108 , and browser module  147 , video and music player module  152  includes executable instructions that allow the user to download and play back recorded music and other sound files stored in one or more file formats, such as MP3 or AAC files, and executable instructions to display, present or otherwise play back videos (e.g., on touch screen  112  or on an external, connected display via external port  124 ). In some embodiments, device  100  optionally includes the functionality of an MP3 player, such as an iPod (trademark of Apple Inc.). 
     In conjunction with touch screen  112 , display controller  156 , contact module  130 , graphics module  132 , and text input module  134 , notes module  153  includes executable instructions to create and manage notes, to do lists, and the like in accordance with user instructions. 
     In conjunction with RF circuitry  108 , touch screen  112 , display system controller  156 , contact module  130 , graphics module  132 , text input module  134 , GPS module  135 , and browser module  147 , map module  154  are, optionally, used to receive, display, modify, and store maps and data associated with maps (e.g., driving directions; data on stores and other points of interest at or near a particular location; and other location-based data) in accordance with user instructions. 
     In conjunction with touch screen  112 , display system controller  156 , contact module  130 , graphics module  132 , audio circuitry  110 , speaker  111 , RF circuitry  108 , text input module  134 , e-mail client module  140 , and browser module  147 , online video module  155  includes instructions that allow the user to access, browse, receive (e.g., by streaming and/or download), play back (e.g., on the touch screen or on an external, connected display via external port  124 ), send an e-mail with a link to a particular online video, and otherwise manage online videos in one or more file formats, such as H.264. In some embodiments, instant messaging module  141 , rather than e-mail client module  140 , is used to send a link to a particular online video. 
     Each of the above identified modules and applications correspond to a set of executable instructions for performing one or more functions described above and the methods described in this application (e.g., the computer-implemented methods and other information processing methods described herein). These modules (e.g., sets of instructions) need not be implemented as separate software programs, procedures or modules, and thus various subsets of these modules are, optionally, combined or otherwise re-arranged in various embodiments. In some embodiments, memory  102  optionally stores a subset of the modules and data structures identified above. Furthermore, memory  102  optionally stores additional modules and data structures not described above. 
     In some embodiments, device  100  is a device where operation of a predefined set of functions on the device is performed exclusively through a touch screen and/or a touchpad (whether included in device  100  or on a separate device, such as an input device). By using a touch screen and/or a touchpad as the primary input control device for operation of device  100 , the number of physical input control devices (such as push buttons, dials, and the like) on device  100  is, optionally, reduced. 
     The predefined set of functions that are performed exclusively through a touch screen and/or a touchpad optionally include navigation between user interfaces. In some embodiments, the touchpad, when touched by the user, navigates device  100  to a main, home, or root menu from any user interface that is displayed on device  100 . In some embodiments, a “menu button” is implemented using a touchpad. In some other embodiments, the menu button is a physical push button or other physical input control device instead of a touchpad. 
       FIG. 1B  is a block diagram illustrating exemplary components for event handling in accordance with some embodiments. In some embodiments, memory  102  (in  FIG. 1A ) or  370  ( FIG. 3 ) includes event sorter  170  (e.g., in operating system  126 ) and a respective application  136 - 1  (e.g., any of the aforementioned applications  137 - 151 ,  155 ,  380 - 390 ). 
     Event sorter  170  receives event information and determines the application  136 - 1  and application view  191  of application  136 - 1  to which to deliver the event information. Event sorter  170  includes event monitor  171  and event dispatcher module  174 . In some embodiments, application  136 - 1  includes application internal state  192 , which indicates the current application view(s) displayed on touch-sensitive display  112  when the application is active or executing. In some embodiments, device/global internal state  157  is used by event sorter  170  to determine which application(s) is (are) currently active, and application internal state  192  is used by event sorter  170  to determine application views  191  to which to deliver event information. 
     In some embodiments, application internal state  192  includes additional information, such as one or more of: resume information to be used when application  136 - 1  resumes execution, user interface state information that indicates information being displayed or that is ready for display by application  136 - 1 , a state queue for enabling the user to go back to a prior state or view of application  136 - 1 , and a redo/undo queue of previous actions taken by the user. 
     Event monitor  171  receives event information from peripherals interface  118 . Event information includes information about a sub-event (e.g., a user touch on touch-sensitive display  112 , as part of a multi-touch gesture). Peripherals interface  118  transmits information it receives from I/O subsystem  106  or a sensor, such as proximity sensor  166 , accelerometer(s)  168 , and/or microphone  113  (through audio circuitry  110 ). Information that peripherals interface  118  receives from I/O subsystem  106  includes information from touch-sensitive display  112  or a touch-sensitive surface. 
     In some embodiments, event monitor  171  sends requests to the peripherals interface  118  at predetermined intervals. In response, peripherals interface  118  transmits event information. In other embodiments, peripheral interface  118  transmits event information only when there is a significant event (e.g., receiving an input above a predetermined noise threshold and/or for more than a predetermined duration). 
     In some embodiments, event sorter  170  also includes a hit view determination module  172  and/or an active event recognizer determination module  173 . 
     Hit view determination module  172  provides software procedures for determining where a sub-event has taken place within one or more views, when touch-sensitive display  112  displays more than one view. Views are made up of controls and other elements that a user can see on the display. 
     Another aspect of the user interface associated with an application is a set of views, sometimes herein called application views or user interface windows, in which information is displayed and touch-based gestures occur. The application views (of a respective application) in which a touch is detected optionally correspond to programmatic levels within a programmatic or view hierarchy of the application. For example, the lowest level view in which a touch is detected is, optionally, called the hit view, and the set of events that are recognized as proper inputs are, optionally, determined based, at least in part, on the hit view of the initial touch that begins a touch-based gesture. 
     Hit view determination module  172  receives information related to sub-events of a touch-based gesture. When an application has multiple views organized in a hierarchy, hit view determination module  172  identifies a hit view as the lowest view in the hierarchy which should handle the sub-event. In most circumstances, the hit view is the lowest level view in which an initiating sub-event occurs (e.g., the first sub-event in the sequence of sub-events that form an event or potential event). Once the hit view is identified by the hit view determination module, the hit view typically receives all sub-events related to the same touch or input source for which it was identified as the hit view. 
     Active event recognizer determination module  173  determines which view or views within a view hierarchy should receive a particular sequence of sub-events. In some embodiments, active event recognizer determination module  173  determines that only the hit view should receive a particular sequence of sub-events. In other embodiments, active event recognizer determination module  173  determines that all views that include the physical location of a sub-event are actively involved views, and therefore determines that all actively involved views should receive a particular sequence of sub-events. In other embodiments, even if touch sub-events were entirely confined to the area associated with one particular view, views higher in the hierarchy would still remain as actively involved views. 
     Event dispatcher module  174  dispatches the event information to an event recognizer (e.g., event recognizer  180 ). In embodiments including active event recognizer determination module  173 , event dispatcher module  174  delivers the event information to an event recognizer determined by active event recognizer determination module  173 . In some embodiments, event dispatcher module  174  stores in an event queue the event information, which is retrieved by a respective event receiver module  182 . 
     In some embodiments, operating system  126  includes event sorter  170 . Alternatively, application  136 - 1  includes event sorter  170 . In yet other embodiments, event sorter  170  is a stand-alone module, or a part of another module stored in memory  102 , such as contact/motion module  130 . 
     In some embodiments, application  136 - 1  includes a plurality of event handlers  190  and one or more application views  191 , each of which includes instructions for handling touch events that occur within a respective view of the application&#39;s user interface. Each application view  191  of the application  136 - 1  includes one or more event recognizers  180 . Typically, a respective application view  191  includes a plurality of event recognizers  180 . In other embodiments, one or more of event recognizers  180  are part of a separate module, such as a user interface kit (not shown) or a higher level object from which application  136 - 1  inherits methods and other properties. In some embodiments, a respective event handler  190  includes one or more of: data updater  176 , object updater  177 , GUI updater  178 , and/or event data  179  received from event sorter  170 . Event handler  190  optionally utilizes or calls data updater  176 , object updater  177  or GUI updater  178  to update the application internal state  192 . Alternatively, one or more of the application views  191  includes one or more respective event handlers  190 . Also, in some embodiments, one or more of data updater  176 , object updater  177 , and GUI updater  178  are included in a respective application view  191 . 
     A respective event recognizer  180  receives event information (e.g., event data  179 ) from event sorter  170 , and identifies an event from the event information. Event recognizer  180  includes event receiver  182  and event comparator  184 . In some embodiments, event recognizer  180  also includes at least a subset of: metadata  183 , and event delivery instructions  188  (which optionally include sub-event delivery instructions). 
     Event receiver  182  receives event information from event sorter  170 . The event information includes information about a sub-event, for example, a touch or a touch movement. Depending on the sub-event, the event information also includes additional information, such as location of the sub-event. When the sub-event concerns motion of a touch, the event information optionally also includes speed and direction of the sub-event. In some embodiments, events include rotation of the device from one orientation to another (e.g., from a portrait orientation to a landscape orientation, or vice versa), and the event information includes corresponding information about the current orientation (also called device attitude) of the device. 
     Event comparator  184  compares the event information to predefined event or sub-event definitions and, based on the comparison, determines an event or sub-event, or determines or updates the state of an event or sub-event. In some embodiments, event comparator  184  includes event definitions  186 . Event definitions  186  contain definitions of events (e.g., predefined sequences of sub-events), for example, event  1  ( 187 - 1 ), event  2  ( 187 - 2 ), and others. In some embodiments, sub-events in an event  187  include, for example, touch begin, touch end, touch movement, touch cancellation, and multiple touching. In one example, the definition for event  1  ( 187 - 1 ) is a double tap on a displayed object. The double tap, for example, comprises a first touch (touch begin) on the displayed object for a predetermined phase, a first lift-off (touch end) for a predetermined phase, a second touch (touch begin) on the displayed object for a predetermined phase, and a second lift-off (touch end) for a predetermined phase. In another example, the definition for event  2  ( 187 - 2 ) is a dragging on a displayed object. The dragging, for example, comprises a touch (or contact) on the displayed object for a predetermined phase, a movement of the touch across touch-sensitive display  112 , and lift-off of the touch (touch end). In some embodiments, the event also includes information for one or more associated event handlers  190 . 
     In some embodiments, event definition  187  includes a definition of an event for a respective user-interface object. In some embodiments, event comparator  184  performs a hit test to determine which user-interface object is associated with a sub-event. For example, in an application view in which three user-interface objects are displayed on touch-sensitive display  112 , when a touch is detected on touch-sensitive display  112 , event comparator  184  performs a hit test to determine which of the three user-interface objects is associated with the touch (sub-event). If each displayed object is associated with a respective event handler  190 , the event comparator uses the result of the hit test to determine which event handler  190  should be activated. For example, event comparator  184  selects an event handler associated with the sub-event and the object triggering the hit test. 
     In some embodiments, the definition for a respective event  187  also includes delayed actions that delay delivery of the event information until after it has been determined whether the sequence of sub-events does or does not correspond to the event recognizer&#39;s event type. 
     When a respective event recognizer  180  determines that the series of sub-events do not match any of the events in event definitions  186 , the respective event recognizer  180  enters an event impossible, event failed, or event ended state, after which it disregards subsequent sub-events of the touch-based gesture. In this situation, other event recognizers, if any, that remain active for the hit view continue to track and process sub-events of an ongoing touch-based gesture. 
     In some embodiments, a respective event recognizer  180  includes metadata  183  with configurable properties, flags, and/or lists that indicate how the event delivery system should perform sub-event delivery to actively involved event recognizers. In some embodiments, metadata  183  includes configurable properties, flags, and/or lists that indicate how event recognizers interact, or are enabled to interact, with one another. In some embodiments, metadata  183  includes configurable properties, flags, and/or lists that indicate whether sub-events are delivered to varying levels in the view or programmatic hierarchy. 
     In some embodiments, a respective event recognizer  180  activates event handler  190  associated with an event when one or more particular sub-events of an event are recognized. In some embodiments, a respective event recognizer  180  delivers event information associated with the event to event handler  190 . Activating an event handler  190  is distinct from sending (and deferred sending) sub-events to a respective hit view. In some embodiments, event recognizer  180  throws a flag associated with the recognized event, and event handler  190  associated with the flag catches the flag and performs a predefined process. 
     In some embodiments, event delivery instructions  188  include sub-event delivery instructions that deliver event information about a sub-event without activating an event handler. Instead, the sub-event delivery instructions deliver event information to event handlers associated with the series of sub-events or to actively involved views. Event handlers associated with the series of sub-events or with actively involved views receive the event information and perform a predetermined process. 
     In some embodiments, data updater  176  creates and updates data used in application  136 - 1 . For example, data updater  176  updates the telephone number used in contacts module  137 , or stores a video file used in video player module  145 . In some embodiments, object updater  177  creates and updates objects used in application  136 - 1 . For example, object updater  177  creates a new user-interface object or updates the position of a user-interface object. GUI updater  178  updates the GUI. For example, GUI updater  178  prepares display information and sends it to graphics module  132  for display on a touch-sensitive display. 
     In some embodiments, event handler(s)  190  includes or has access to data updater  176 , object updater  177 , and GUI updater  178 . In some embodiments, data updater  176 , object updater  177 , and GUI updater  178  are included in a single module of a respective application  136 - 1  or application view  191 . In other embodiments, they are included in two or more software modules. 
     It shall be understood that the foregoing discussion regarding event handling of user touches on touch-sensitive displays and/or touchpads also applies to other forms of user inputs to operate multifunction devices  100  with input-devices, not all of which are initiated on touch screens. For example, mouse movement and mouse button presses, optionally coordinated with single or multiple keyboard presses or holds; contact movements such as taps, drags, scrolls, etc., on touch-pads; pen stylus inputs; movement of the device; oral instructions; detected eye movements; biometric inputs; and/or any combination thereof are optionally utilized as inputs corresponding to sub-events which define an event to be recognized. 
       FIG. 2  illustrates a portable or non-portable multifunction device  100  having a touch screen  112  in accordance with some embodiments. As stated above, multifunction device  100  is described as having the various illustrated structures (such as touch screen  112 , speaker  111 , accelerometer  168 , microphone  113 , etc.); however, it is understood that these structures optionally reside on separate devices. For example, display-related structures (e.g., display, speaker, etc.) and/or functions optionally reside on a separate display device, input-related structures (e.g., touch-sensitive surface, microphone, accelerometer, etc.) and/or functions optionally reside on a separate input device, and remaining structures and/or functions optionally reside on multifunction device  100 . 
     The touch screen  112  optionally displays one or more graphics within user interface (UI)  200 . In this embodiment, as well as others described below, a user is enabled to select one or more of the graphics by making a gesture on the graphics, for example, with one or more fingers  202  (not drawn to scale in the figure) or one or more styluses  203  (not drawn to scale in the figure). In some embodiments, selection of one or more graphics occurs when the user breaks contact with the one or more graphics. In some embodiments, the gesture optionally includes one or more taps, one or more swipes (from left to right, right to left, upward and/or downward) and/or a rolling of a finger (from right to left, left to right, upward and/or downward) that has made contact with device  100 . In some implementations or circumstances, inadvertent contact with a graphic does not select the graphic. For example, a swipe gesture that sweeps over an application icon optionally does not select the corresponding application when the gesture corresponding to selection is a tap. 
     Device  100  optionally also includes one or more physical buttons, such as “home” or menu button  204 . As described previously, menu button  204  is, optionally, used to navigate to any application  136  in a set of applications that are, optionally executed on device  100 . Alternatively, in some embodiments, the menu button is implemented as a soft key in a GUI displayed on touch screen  112 . 
     In one embodiment, device  100  includes touch screen  112 , menu button  204 , push button  206  for powering the device on/off and locking the device, volume adjustment button(s)  208 , Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card slot  210 , head set jack  212 , and docking/charging external port  124 . Push button  206  is, optionally, used to turn the power on/off on the device by depressing the button and holding the button in the depressed state for a predefined time interval; to lock the device by depressing the button and releasing the button before the predefined time interval has elapsed; and/or to unlock the device or initiate an unlock process. In an alternative embodiment, device  100  also accepts verbal input for activation or deactivation of some functions through microphone  113 . Device  100  also, optionally, includes one or more contact intensity sensors  165  for detecting intensity of contacts on touch screen  112  and/or one or more tactile output generators  167  for generating tactile outputs for a user of device  100 . 
       FIG. 3  is a block diagram of an exemplary multifunction device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface in accordance with some embodiments. Device  300  need not include the display and the touch-sensitive surface, as described above, but rather, in some embodiments, optionally communicates with the display and the touch-sensitive surface on other devices. Additionally, device  300  need not be portable. In some embodiments, device  300  is a laptop computer, a desktop computer, a tablet computer, a multimedia player device (such as a television or a set-top box), a navigation device, an educational device (such as a child&#39;s learning toy), a gaming system, or a control device (e.g., a home or industrial controller). Device  300  typically includes one or more processing units (CPU&#39;s)  310 , one or more network or other communications interfaces  360 , memory  370 , and one or more communication buses  320  for interconnecting these components. Communication buses  320  optionally include circuitry (sometimes called a chipset) that interconnects and controls communications between system components. Device  300  includes input/output (I/O) interface  330  comprising display  340 , which is typically a touch screen display. I/O interface  330  also optionally includes a keyboard and/or mouse (or other pointing device)  350  and touchpad  355 , tactile output generator  357  for generating tactile outputs on device  300  (e.g., similar to tactile output generator(s)  167  described above with reference to  FIG. 1A ), sensors  359  (e.g., optical, acceleration, proximity, touch-sensitive, and/or contact intensity sensors similar to contact intensity sensor(s)  165  described above with reference to  FIG. 1A ). Memory  370  includes high-speed random access memory, such as DRAM, SRAM, DDR RAM or other random access solid state memory devices; and optionally includes non-volatile memory, such as one or more magnetic disk storage devices, optical disk storage devices, flash memory devices, or other non-volatile solid state storage devices. Memory  370  optionally includes one or more storage devices remotely located from CPU(s)  310 . In some embodiments, memory  370  stores programs, modules, and data structures analogous to the programs, modules, and data structures stored in memory  102  of portable or non-portable multifunction device  100  ( FIG. 1A ), or a subset thereof. Furthermore, memory  370  optionally stores additional programs, modules, and data structures not present in memory  102  of portable or non-portable multifunction device  100 . For example, memory  370  of device  300  optionally stores drawing module  380 , presentation module  382 , word processing module  384 , website creation module  386 , disk authoring module  388 , and/or spreadsheet module  390 , while memory  102  of portable or non-portable multifunction device  100  ( FIG. 1A ) optionally does not store these modules. 
     Each of the above identified elements in  FIG. 3  are, optionally, stored in one or more of the previously mentioned memory devices. Each of the above identified modules corresponds to a set of instructions for performing a function described above. The above identified modules or programs (e.g., sets of instructions) need not be implemented as separate software programs, procedures or modules, and thus various subsets of these modules are, optionally, combined or otherwise re-arranged in various embodiments. In some embodiments, memory  370  optionally stores a subset of the modules and data structures identified above. Furthermore, memory  370  optionally stores additional modules and data structures not described above. 
       FIG. 4  illustrates an exemplary user interface on a device (e.g., device  300 ,  FIG. 3 ) with a touch-sensitive surface  451  (e.g., a tablet or touchpad  355 ,  FIG. 3 ) that is separate from the display  450  (e.g., touch screen display  112 ). Device  300  also, optionally, includes one or more contact intensity sensors (e.g., one or more of sensors  357 ) for detecting intensity of contacts on touch-sensitive surface  451  and/or one or more tactile output generators  359  for generating tactile outputs for a user of device  300 . 
     Although some of the examples which follow will be given with reference to inputs on touch screen display  112  (where the touch sensitive surface and the display are combined), in some embodiments, the device detects inputs on a touch-sensitive surface that is separate from the display, as shown in  FIG. 4 . In some embodiments the touch sensitive surface (e.g.,  451  in  FIG. 4 ) has a primary axis (e.g.,  452  in  FIG. 4 ) that corresponds to a primary axis (e.g.,  453  in  FIG. 4 ) on the display (e.g.,  450 ). In accordance with these embodiments, the device detects contacts (e.g.,  460  and  462  in  FIG. 4 ) with the touch-sensitive surface  451  at locations that correspond to respective locations on the display (e.g., in  FIG. 4, 460  corresponds to  468  and  462  corresponds to  470 ). In this way, user inputs (e.g., contacts  460  and  462 , and movements thereof) detected by the device on the touch-sensitive surface (e.g.,  451  in  FIG. 4 ) are used by the device to manipulate the user interface on the display (e.g.,  450  in  FIG. 4 ) of the multifunction device when the touch-sensitive surface is separate from the display. It should be understood that similar methods are, optionally, used for other user interfaces described herein. 
     Additionally, while the following examples are given primarily with reference to finger inputs (e.g., finger contacts, finger tap gestures, finger swipe gestures), it should be understood that, in some embodiments, one or more of the finger inputs are replaced with input from another input device (e.g., a mouse based input or stylus input). For example, a swipe gesture is, optionally, replaced with a mouse click (e.g., instead of a contact) followed by movement of the cursor along the path of the swipe (e.g., instead of movement of the contact). As another example, a tap gesture is, optionally, replaced with a mouse click while the cursor is located over the location of the tap gesture (e.g., instead of detection of the contact followed by ceasing to detect the contact). Similarly, when multiple user inputs are simultaneously detected, it should be understood that multiple computer mice are, optionally, used simultaneously, or a mouse and finger contacts are, optionally, used simultaneously. 
     As used herein, the term “focus selector” refers to an input element that indicates a current part of a user interface with which a user is interacting. In some implementations that include a cursor or other location marker, the cursor acts as a “focus selector,” so that when an input (e.g., a press input) is detected on a touch-sensitive surface (e.g., touchpad  355  in  FIG. 3  or touch-sensitive surface  451  in  FIG. 4 ) while the cursor is over a particular user interface element (e.g., a button, window, slider or other user interface element), the particular user interface element is adjusted in accordance with the detected input. In some implementations that include a touch-screen display (e.g., touch-sensitive display system  112  in  FIG. 1A ) that enables direct interaction with user interface elements on the touch-screen display, a detected contact on the touch-screen acts as a “focus selector,” so that when an input (e.g., a press input by the contact) is detected on the touch-screen display at a location of a particular user interface element (e.g., a button, window, slider or other user interface element), the particular user interface element is adjusted in accordance with the detected input. In some implementations focus is moved from one region of a user interface to another region of the user interface without corresponding movement of a cursor or movement of a contact on a touch-screen display (e.g., by using a tab key or arrow keys to move focus from one button to another button); in these implementations, the focus selector moves in accordance with movement of focus between different regions of the user interface. Without regard to the specific form taken by the focus selector, the focus selector is generally the user interface element (or contact on a touch-screen display) that is controlled by the user so as to communicate the user&#39;s intended interaction with the user interface (e.g., by indicating, to the device, the element of the user interface with which the user is intending to interact). For example, the location of a focus selector (e.g., a cursor, a contact or a selection box) over a respective button while a press input is detected on the touch-sensitive surface (e.g., a touchpad or touch screen) will indicate that the user is intending to activate the respective button (as opposed to other user interface elements shown on a display of the device). 
     In some embodiments described herein, one or more operations are performed in response to detecting a gesture that includes a respective press input or in response to detecting the respective press input performed with a respective contact (or a plurality of contacts), where the respective press input is detected based at least in part on detecting an increase in intensity of the contact (or plurality of contacts) above a press-input intensity threshold. In some embodiments, the respective operation is performed in response to detecting the increase in intensity of the respective contact above the press-input intensity threshold (e.g., a “down stroke” of the respective press input). In some embodiments, the press input includes an increase in intensity of the respective contact above the press-input intensity threshold and a subsequent decrease in intensity of the contact below the press-input intensity threshold, and the respective operation is performed in response to detecting the subsequent decrease in intensity of the respective contact below the press-input threshold (e.g., an “up stroke” of the respective press input). 
     In some embodiments, the device employs intensity hysteresis to avoid accidental inputs sometimes termed “jitter,” where the device defines or selects a hysteresis intensity threshold with a predefined relationship to the press-input intensity threshold (e.g., the hysteresis intensity threshold is X intensity units lower than the press-input intensity threshold or the hysteresis intensity threshold is 75%, 90% or some reasonable proportion of the press-input intensity threshold). Thus, in some embodiments, the press input includes an increase in intensity of the respective contact above the press-input intensity threshold and a subsequent decrease in intensity of the contact below the hysteresis intensity threshold that corresponds to the press-input intensity threshold, and the respective operation is performed in response to detecting the subsequent decrease in intensity of the respective contact below the hysteresis intensity threshold (e.g., an “up stroke” of the respective press input). Similarly, in some embodiments, the press input is detected only when the device detects an increase in intensity of the contact from an intensity at or below the hysteresis intensity threshold to an intensity at or above the press-input intensity threshold and, optionally, a subsequent decrease in intensity of the contact to an intensity at or below the hysteresis intensity, and the respective operation is performed in response to detecting the press input (e.g., the increase in intensity of the contact or the decrease in intensity of the contact, depending on the circumstances). 
     For ease of explanation, the description of operations performed in response to a press input associated with a press-input intensity threshold or in response to a gesture including the press input are, optionally, triggered in response to detecting either: an increase in intensity of a contact above the press-input intensity threshold, an increase in intensity of a contact from an intensity below the hysteresis intensity threshold to an intensity above the press-input intensity threshold, a decrease in intensity of the contact below the press-input intensity threshold, and/or a decrease in intensity of the contact below the hysteresis intensity threshold corresponding to the press-input intensity threshold. Additionally, in examples where an operation is described as being performed in response to detecting a decrease in intensity of a contact below the press-input intensity threshold, the operation is, optionally, performed in response to detecting a decrease in intensity of the contact below a hysteresis intensity threshold corresponding to, and lower than, the press-input intensity threshold. 
     User Interfaces and Associated Processes 
     Context-Based Data Detection 
     Users communicate with each other using electronic devices in many different contexts. In some circumstances, the electronic devices used for communication optionally analyze the communications and detect relevant information in the communications. That relevant information can change depending on the context in which the communications were made. For example, on a first day, a user may communicate with another user while the user is in a first geographic location, and on a second day, the user may communicate with the other user while the user is in a second geographic location. In such circumstances, the relevant information that the electronic devices detect is optionally different depending on whether the user was in the first location or the second location. The embodiments described below provide ways in which electronic devices detect information in communications based on a context of the communications, thereby enhancing the users&#39; interactions with the electronic devices. Enhancing interactions with a device reduces the amount of time needed by a user to perform operations, and thus reduces the power usage of the device and increases battery life for battery-powered devices. 
     It is understood that people use devices. When a person uses a device, that person is optionally referred to as a user of the device. Thus, in this disclosure, references to a “person” or “people” are optionally interchangeable with references to a “user” or “users”, and references to a “user” or “users” are optionally interchangeable with references to a “person” or “people”. 
       FIGS. 5A-5O  illustrate exemplary ways in which electronic devices select terms in communications between users based on a context of the terms in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. The embodiments in these figures are used to illustrate the processes described below, including the processes described with reference to  FIGS. 6A-6E . 
     It should be noted that the examples illustrated in  FIGS. 5A-5O  are directed to electronic devices having touch screens, though it is understood that the electronic devices need not include touch screens. For example, the electronic devices may include displays without touch-sensitive capability, or the electronic devices may be capable of outputting display information for display on a separate display device, as described previously in this disclosure—in such circumstances, the touch screens described below optionally correspond to the displays mentioned above. 
       FIG. 5A  illustrates exemplary touch screen  112 . Touch screen  112  optionally displays one or more user interfaces that include various content. In the example illustrated in  FIG. 5A , touch screen  112  optionally displays a messaging application running on an electronic device of which touch screen  112  is a part. The messaging application optionally displays communications between two or more users (e.g., messages  504 ,  506  and  508 ). Messages sent from a user of the electronic device of which touch screen  112  is a part (e.g., a first user) to another user (e.g., a second user) are optionally displayed on the right side of touch screen  112  (e.g., messages  504  and  508 ). Messages received from the other user (e.g., the second user) by the user of the electronic device of which touch screen  112  is a part (e.g., the first user) are optionally displayed on the left side of the touch screen  112  (e.g., message  506 ). In some embodiments, an identifier of the second user with which the first user is communicating is displayed on touch screen  112  (e.g., “John” in  FIG. 5A ). 
     In some embodiments, the electronic device receives terms that correspond to a communication with another user (e.g., voice input or text input including one or more words, phrases, email addresses, etc.). The terms are optionally a message received at the electronic device from another electronic device (e.g., messages  504 ,  506  and  508 ). The electronic device optionally determines a current context of the terms (e.g., determines the location of the electronic device, determines terms included in past terms that have been received, etc.), and selects one or more terms in the communications as actionable terms (e.g., terms that can be selected to perform an associated operation) based on word lists that are context-specific. As stated above, in some embodiments, the context is based on the location of the electronic device. For example, in  FIG. 5A , the electronic device is optionally located in Los Angeles, as indicated by  502 . As a result, the electronic device optionally selects one or more terms in the communications between the first and second users based on a first word list  512  that is optionally associated with Los Angeles. Specifically, the electronic device optionally utilizes the first word list  512 , and not the second word list  514 , and identifies terms in the communications (e.g., messages  504 ,  506  and  508 ) that are included in the first word list  512 . In the example illustrated in  FIG. 5A , message  506  includes the term “the boat”  510 , which is optionally also included in the first word list at  516 . As a result, the electronic device optionally selects “the boat”  510  in message  506  as an actionable term. In some embodiments, the actionable term “the boat” is optionally visually distinguished from other terms in the communications (e.g., the actionable terms are one or more of highlighted, underlined, bolded, etc.), as illustrated in  FIG. 5A . 
     In some of the embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device optionally selects a term as an actionable term when that term is a match for a term in the currently-utilized word list. In some embodiments, a term in a communication matches a term in a word list when the two terms are identical (e.g., case, letters, spacing, etc.). In some embodiments, a term in a communication matches a term in a word list when the two terms are partially identical (e.g., the two terms share some letters, some spacing, some case, etc.). When multiple terms in a currently-utilized word list match the same term in a communication, in some embodiments, the electronic device identifies the word list term that is a better match for the communication term, and selects the communication term as an actionable term based on the better match. In some embodiments, the electronic device selects the communication term as an actionable term based on the multiple matches. 
     As stated above, in some embodiments, the word list used to select the actionable terms in the communications is based on a current context of the communications. Thus, different actionable terms are optionally selected in different contexts. 
       FIG. 5B  illustrates the electronic device optionally located in New York as opposed to Los Angeles, as in  FIG. 5A . The messages  504 ,  506  and  508  in  FIG. 5B  optionally include the same terms as the messages in  FIG. 5A . However, the electronic device in  FIG. 5B  is optionally located in New York (as indicated by  502 ), whereas the electronic device in  FIG. 5A  was optionally located in Los Angeles (e.g., a current context of the terms in  FIG. 5A  is optionally different than a current context of the terms in  FIG. 5B ). 
     As a result of the different context, the electronic device optionally selects actionable terms using the second word list  514  associated with New York, and not the first word list  512  associated with Los Angeles. Thus, as illustrated in  FIG. 5B , the electronic device optionally selects “the game”  520  in message  508  as an actionable term, because “the game”  518  is a term in the second word list  514 . Also, the electronic device has optionally not selected “the boat” in message  506  as an actionable term (as it optionally did in  FIG. 5A ), because “the boat” is a term in the first word list  512 , which the electronic device is not utilizing in  FIG. 5B . 
     While the embodiments of the disclosure are described with an electronic device using a single context-dependent word list at a given time, it is understood that more than one context-dependent word list can similarly be used by the electronic devices of the disclosure. 
     In some embodiments, the current context of the terms of the communication is optionally based on one or more terms in the communication itself, as illustrated in  FIG. 5C . In  FIG. 5C , touch screen  112  optionally displays messages  522 ,  524  and  526 , similar to before. The electronic device optionally has two word lists to choose from when selecting terms as actionable terms: a first word list  528  associated with vacation destinations, and a second word list  530  associated with movies. It is understood that two words lists are provided by example only, and the scope of the disclosure extends to any number of available word lists. 
     Message  524  optionally includes the term “vacation”  536 . As a result, the electronic device optionally uses the first word list  528 , which is optionally associated with vacations, to select actionable terms in messages  522 ,  524  and  526 . Specifically, the electronic device optionally selects “Italy”  538  and “Spain”  540  in message  524  as actionable terms, because “Italy”  532  and “Spain”  534  are optionally included in the first word list  528 . 
       FIG. 5D  illustrates an electronic device that has the same word lists available to it as the electronic device in  FIG. 5C , except that the messages in  FIG. 5D  differ from those in  FIG. 5C . In  FIG. 5D , the communications optionally include the term “movie”  544  in message  542  instead of the term “vacation,” as in  FIG. 5C . As a result, the electronic device optionally uses the second word list  530 , which is optionally associated with movies, to select actionable terms in messages  522 ,  542  and  526 . Specifically, the electronic device optionally selects “cruise”  546  in message  526  as an actionable term, because “Tom Cruise”  548  is optionally included in the second word list  530 . 
     In some embodiments, the electronic device optionally obtains content associated with the actionable terms it identifies.  FIG. 5E  illustrates the electronic device obtaining content associated with an actionable term. Specifically, the term “the Game”  520  in message  508  has optionally been selected by the electronic device as an actionable term as previously described in  FIGS. 5A-5D , for example. The electronic device optionally further obtains content  550  associated with “the game”  520 . Because the electronic device optionally recognizes “the game”  520  as referring to a game between the Knicks and the Lakers (e.g., because the “the game” in the word list used by the electronic device is optionally associated with content), the electronic device is optionally able to obtain content relating to that game. 
     In the embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 5E , the content  550  optionally includes information about the teams that are involved in “the game” (e.g., Knicks and Lakers), the time of the game (e.g., 7:30 pm ET), the location of the game, a TV station on which the game will be broadcasted, the record of the Knicks, and the record of the Lakers. In some embodiments, the electronic device optionally obtains alternative or additional content to the content illustrated in  FIG. 5E . In some embodiments, the obtained content is a link to additional content associated with one or more of the actionable terms (e.g., “the game”). In some embodiments, the link is a link to an application on the electronic device (e.g., the determined content is in an application on the electronic device, such as an application that has information about restaurants, and the link is a link to information about a particular restaurant in the application). 
     In some embodiments, the electronic device only obtains content associated with an actionable term after detecting selection of the actionable term. FIG.  5 F illustrates selection of an actionable term (e.g., “the game”  520 ) in accordance with some embodiments. As in  FIG. 5E , the term “the Game”  520  in message  508  has optionally been selected by the electronic device as an actionable term as previously described in  FIGS. 5A-5D , for example. A user has optionally selected “the Game”  520  by touching touch screen  112  using finger  552 , as illustrated in  FIG. 5F . Touch input using touch screen  112  is provided by way of example only, and it is understood that other ways of selecting actionable terms are also within the scope of the disclosure (e.g., mouse input, keyboard input, voice input, etc.). 
     In response to the selection of “the Game”  520  in  FIG. 5F , the electronic device optionally obtains content  550  associated with “the Game”  520 , as illustrated in  FIG. 5G . Content  550  can be as described with reference to  FIG. 5E . 
     In some embodiments, the electronic device displays the obtained content along with the communications between the users, and in some embodiments, communicates the obtained content to the other user.  FIG. 5H  illustrates obtained content  550  from  FIGS. 5E and/or 5G  displayed as content  554  along with messages  506  and  508  on touch screen  112 . In some embodiments, content  554  is also communicated from one user to the other user by the electronic device (e.g., from the first user to the second user, or from the second user to the first user, in the messaging application). Content  554  optionally corresponds to content  550  in  FIGS. 5E and/or 5G . 
     In some embodiments, the actionable terms are selectable, and in some embodiments, the electronic device performs an operation in response to selection of an actionable term based on a type of the actionable term (e.g., making a phone call to an actionable term that is a detected phone number, sending an email to an actionable term that is a detected email address, performing a search on an actionable term that is a detected search term, displaying content associated with the actionable term, etc.). For example,  FIG. 5I  illustrates messages  504 ,  506  and  508  with the term “the Game”  520  having been selected as an actionable term as previously described in  FIGS. 5A-5D , for example. The term “the Game”  520  is optionally selectable, and selection of the term “the Game” optionally causes the electronic device to perform an operation based on the type of the term “the Game,” as will be described below. A user has selected “the Game”  520  with finger  552  in  FIG. 5I . 
     In response to the selection of “the Game”  520  in  FIG. 5I , the electronic device optionally allows for the purchase of tickets for the Knicks vs. Lakers game corresponding to the term “the Game”  520  in  FIG. 5J . Specifically, the electronic device optionally displays a ticket purchase user interface element  556  along with messages  506  and  508  on touch screen  112 . A user can then choose options for the tickets to be purchased (e.g., quantity, section, seat number, price, etc.), and can purchase the tickets from the electronic device (e.g., by selecting the “Buy Now” button). 
     In some embodiments, in addition to selecting terms as actionable terms based on context-specific word lists, the electronic device optionally selects terms as actionable terms based on a standard word list (e.g. a word list that is not based on the current context of the terms of the communications, such as email addresses, websites, street addresses, etc.). In some embodiments, the actionable terms selected based on the standard word list optionally operate in the same way and are visually distinguished in the same way as the actionable terms selected based on the first or second context-dependent word lists.  FIG. 5K  illustrates an electronic device with access to three word lists: one standard word list  558 , a first word list  528  associated with vacation destinations, and a second word list  530  associated with movies. Similar to the examples described above with reference to  FIG. 5D , the electronic device optionally selects the term “cruise”  546  in message  564  as a result of the term “movie”  544  in message  542  (e.g., the current context) causing the electronic device to utilize the second word list  530  to select actionable terms—the term “Tom Cruise”  548  is optionally included in the second word list  530 . 
     However, additionally, the electronic device optionally has a standard word list  558  based upon which the electronic device additionally selects actionable terms regardless of the current context of the communications. Thus, the electronic device has additionally selected the term “iPhone”  560  in message  564  as an actionable term, because the term “iPhone”  562  is optionally included in the standard word list  558 . 
     In some embodiments, in addition to selecting terms as actionable terms based on context-specific word lists, the electronic device optionally selects terms as actionable terms based on regular expressions. For example, the detected occurrence of special symbols such as the @ symbol are used to identify email addresses, xxx-xxx-xxxx formats are used to identify phone numbers, “www.” prefixes are used to identify uniform resource locators that correspond to webpages, etc. In some embodiments, the actionable terms selected based on the regular expressions optionally operate in the same way (e.g., provide additional content upon selection) and are visually distinguished in the same way as the actionable terms selected based on the first or second context-dependent word lists.  FIG. 5L  illustrates an electronic device that optionally selects actionable terms based on context-specific word lists and regular expressions. Touch screen  112  optionally displays messages  522 ,  544  and  565 . Further, the electronic device has optionally selected the term “cruise”  546  as an actionable term, as described with reference to  FIG. 5K . 
     However, additionally, the electronic device has optionally selected the term “123-456-7890”  566  in message  565  as an actionable term, because the term “123-456-7890”  566  optionally has the format of a telephone number. As a result, the electronic device optionally selects the term “123-456-7890”  566  as an actionable term, and the user can optionally select the term to perform an appropriate operation (e.g., to call the phone number 123-456-7890 from the electronic device or other device). 
     In some embodiments, the electronic device searches for certain keywords in the communications, each of which is optionally associated with a word list with which to select actionable terms in the communications. In response to detecting the existence of one of the keywords in the communications, the electronic device optionally uses the word list associated with the keyword to select actionable terms. In some embodiments, the electronic device uses the word lists associated with the keywords only for a predetermined time period (e.g., 5, 15 or 30 minutes) after detecting the existence of the keywords in the communications.  FIG. 5M  illustrates an electronic device that searches for keywords  574  in communications with a user, and has access to various word lists that are associated with the keywords. Specifically, the electronic device optionally has keywords  574 . The “politics” keyword is optionally associated with the politics word list  576 . The “San Francisco” keyword is optionally associated with the San Francisco word list  578 . The “Lakers” keyword is optionally associated with the Lakers word list  580 . Touch screen  112  optionally displays messages  568 ,  570  and  572  corresponding to communications between a first user and a second user. 
     In  FIG. 5N , the electronic device has optionally identified the term “Lakers”  584  in message  570  as matching the term “Lakers”  582  in keywords  574 . As a result, in  FIG. 5O , the electronic device optionally uses the Lakers word list  580  to select actionable terms in messages  568 ,  570  and  572 . Specifically, the electronic device has optionally selected the terms “Kobe”  586  and “Phil Jackson”  588  in message  570  as actionable terms, because the terms “Kobe Bryant”  590  and “Phil Jackson”  592  are optionally included in the Lakers word list  580 . The electronic device optionally utilizes multiple word lists in response to detection of multiple keywords in messages  568 ,  570  and  572 . 
       FIGS. 6A-6E  are flow diagrams illustrating a method  600  of selecting terms in communications between users based on a context of the terms in accordance with some embodiments. The method  600  is optionally performed at an electronic device such as device  100  or device  300  as described above with reference to  FIGS. 1A-1B and 2-3 . Some operations in method  600  are, optionally, combined and/or the order of some operations is, optionally, changed. 
     As described below, the method  600  provides ways in which a device optionally selects terms as actionable terms in communications. The method reduces the cognitive burden on a user when interacting with a user interface of the device of the disclosure, thereby creating a more efficient human-machine interface. For battery-operated electronic devices, increasing the efficiency of the user&#39;s interaction with the user interface conserves power and increases the time between battery charges. 
     In some embodiments, an electronic device (e.g., device  100  or  300 ) with one or more processors and memory receives ( 602 ) a plurality of terms that correspond to a communication with another user (e.g., voice input or text input including one or more words, phrases, email addresses, etc.). The terms are optionally a message received at the electronic device from another electronic device, such as messages  504 ,  506  and  508  in  FIG. 5A . 
     The electronic device optionally determines ( 604 ) a current context of the plurality of terms (e.g., determines the location of the electronic device, determines terms included in past terms that have been received, etc.). In some embodiments, the current context of the plurality of terms is based on one or more of: a current application on the electronic device, a time of day, one or more recently used applications on the electronic device, a location of the electronic device, and previously received terms on the electronic device ( 606 ) (e.g., certain previously received terms optionally trigger certain word lists). For example, “movie” triggers movie title wordlist, “dinner” triggers restaurant word list, “game” triggers sports word list, “TV” triggers television show word list, etc.  FIGS. 5A-5D  illustrate some of these contexts. 
     In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the current context is a first context (e.g., determining that the electronic device is in a first location, such as in  FIG. 5A ), the electronic device selects ( 608 ) one or more terms in the plurality of terms based on a first word list (e.g., word list  512  in  FIG. 5A ) as actionable terms (e.g., selecting terms in the plurality of terms that match words in the first word list). In some embodiments, the first context is based on one or more of activities of a user of the electronic device, a time of day, a currently-utilized application on the electronic device, current news events, calendar information on the electronic device (e.g., appointment information), location interests of a user of the electronic device, and content on the electronic device ( 610 ) (e.g., music, video, books on the electronic device). In some embodiments, selecting the one or more terms in the plurality of terms comprises ( 612 ) determining ( 614 ) a context associated with a first term in the plurality of terms, and selecting ( 616 ) the one or more terms based on the context associated with the first term (e.g., as illustrated in  FIGS. 5C-5D ). 
     In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the current context is a second context, different from the first context (e.g., determining that the electronic device is in a second location, different from the first location, such as in  FIG. 5B ), the electronic device selects ( 618 ) one or more terms in the plurality of terms as actionable terms based on a second word list (e.g., word list  514  in  FIG. 5B ), different from the first word list (e.g., identifying terms in the plurality of terms that match words in the second word list). In some embodiments, the second context is based on one or more of activities of a user of the electronic device, a time of day, a currently-utilized application on the electronic device, current news events, calendar information on the electronic device, location interests of a user of the electronic device, and content on the electronic device ( 620 ). In some embodiments, the first and second word lists are provided by one or more applications on the electronic device ( 622 ) (e.g., third party applications can provide their own word lists which are also, optionally, updated over time). In some embodiments, a first application on the electronic device and a second application on the electronic device provide different word lists ( 624 ). 
     In some embodiments, the plurality of terms that corresponds to the communication with the other user is received from a second electronic device (e.g., the other user sends a text message from the other user&#39;s electronic device), and the first and second word lists are based on information from the second electronic device ( 626 ) (e.g., if a second user&#39;s device triggered data detection for a word or phrase, then that word or phrase is optionally flagged for data detection by the current user&#39;s device). In some embodiments, selecting the one or more terms in the plurality of terms comprises ( 628 ) determining ( 630 ) a context associated with a first term in the plurality of terms, and selecting ( 632 ) the one or more terms based on the context associated with the first term (e.g., look for key terms (e.g., movie names, TV show names, reservation information, restaurant names, etc.), and then do data detection around the key terms using a word list that is specific to those key terms, as illustrated in  FIGS. 5M-5O ). For example, the electronic device optionally identifies the name of a sports team in the plurality of terms, and then uses a word list associated with that sports team to identify other terms around the name of the sports team. 
     In some embodiments, the electronic device displays ( 634 ) the plurality of terms (e.g., in a messaging application), wherein one or more of the actionable terms are visually distinguished from other terms (e.g., the actionable terms are one or more of highlighted, underlined, bolded, etc.), such as illustrated in  FIGS. 5A-5L and 5O . 
     In some embodiments, the electronic device obtains ( 636 ) content associated with one or more of the actionable terms (e.g., the device identifies and retrieves content from a content source, the content associated with the actionable terms, such as content  550  in  FIG. 5E ). For example, if one of the actionable terms is the name of a movie, the retrieved content is optionally information about the movie, such as actors, show times, box office statistics, etc. Obtaining the content optionally comprises obtaining a link to additional content associated with one or more of the actionable terms ( 638 ). The link optionally comprises a link to an application on the electronic device ( 640 ) (e.g., the determined content is in an application on the electronic device, such as an application that has information about restaurants, and the link is a link to information about a particular restaurant in the application). 
     In some embodiments, the electronic device communicates ( 642 ) the plurality of terms and the obtained content to the other user (e.g., communicate the plurality of terms to the other user, such as in a text message, with the content in-line with the plurality of terms), as illustrated in  FIG. 5H . 
     In some embodiments, the plurality of terms is to be communicated to the other user from the electronic device (e.g., the plurality of terms is part of an outgoing text message), and the first word list and the second word list correspond to a user of the electronic device ( 644 ) (e.g., the first and second word lists are based on information about a user of the electronic device). In some embodiments, the plurality of terms is received from the other user of a second electronic device (e.g., the plurality of terms is part of an incoming text message), and the first word list and the second word list correspond to the other user of the second electronic device ( 646 ) (e.g., the first and second word lists are based on information about the other user of the second electronic device). In some embodiments, the first word list and the second word list correspond to a user of the electronic device and the other user of a second electronic device ( 648 ) (e.g., the first and second word lists are based on information about a user of the electronic device and information about the other user of the second electronic device). 
     In some embodiments, prior to obtaining the content associated with the one or more of the actionable terms, the electronic device receives ( 650 ) a selection of the one or more of the actionable terms (e.g., detecting a touch input on the one or more of the actionable terms), as illustrated in  FIG. 5F . In response to receiving the selection of the one or more of the actionable terms, the electronic device optionally obtains ( 652 ) the content associated with the selected actionable terms, as illustrated in  FIG. 5G . 
     In some embodiments, selection of an actionable term causes performance of an operation associated with the selected actionable term ( 654 ) (e.g., making a phone call to an actionable term that is a detected phone number, sending an email to an actionable term that is a detected email address, performing a search on an actionable term that is a detected search term, displaying content associated with the actionable term, etc.). In some embodiments, the electronic device detects ( 656 ) a selection of one of the actionable terms, and in response to the selection, performs ( 658 ) an operation associated with the selected actionable term, wherein the operation is dependent on a type of the selected actionable term (e.g., search locations for an address when the selected actionable term is an address, search TV listings for a TV show when the selected actionable term is a TV show, search restaurant ratings for a restaurant when the selected actionable term is the name of a restaurant, search sports scores for a sports team when the selected actionable term is the name of a sports team), as illustrated in  FIGS. 5J-5K . 
     In some embodiments, the electronic device selects ( 660 ) one or more terms in the plurality of terms as actionable terms based on a standard word list (e.g. a word list that is not based on the current context of the plurality of terms, such as email addresses, websites, street addresses, etc., such as word list  558  in  FIG. 5K ). In some embodiments, the actionable terms selected based on the standard word list optionally operate in the same way and are visually distinguished in the same way as the actionable terms selected based on the first or second context-dependent word lists, as illustrated in  FIG. 5K . In some embodiments, the electronic device selects ( 662 ) one or more terms in the plurality of terms as actionable terms based on regular expressions, as illustrated in  FIG. 5L . For example, the detected occurrence of special symbols such as the @ symbol are used to identify email addresses, (xxx) xxx-xxxx format is used to identify phone numbers, “www.” prefix is used to identify uniform resource locators that correspond to webpages, etc. In some embodiments, the actionable terms selected based on the regular expressions optionally operate in the same way (e.g., provide additional content upon selection) and are visually distinguished in the same way as the actionable terms selected based on the first or second context-dependent word lists, as illustrated in  FIG. 5L . In some embodiments, the electronic device receives ( 664 ) updates to the first and second word lists at intervals of time (e.g., regular intervals of time, such as once a week or based on current events or changing seasons). In some embodiments, updates to the first and second wordlists add words. In some embodiments, updates to the first and second wordlists remove words. In some embodiments, updates to the first and second wordlists add words and remove words (e.g., so as to provide a more relevant list of words without dramatically increasing the overall number of words that are being detected). 
     In some embodiments, the electronic device receives ( 666 ) a first plurality of terms at a first time (e.g., receiving a first text message). The plurality of terms that corresponds to the communication with the other user optionally comprises a second plurality of terms received at a second time, later than the first time ( 668 ) (e.g., receiving a second text message after the first text message). Selecting the one or more terms in the second plurality of terms as the actionable terms optionally comprises, in accordance with a determination that the second plurality of terms was received after the first plurality of terms, selecting ( 670 ) the one or more terms in the second plurality of terms as the actionable terms (e.g., selecting terms as actionable terms in the more recently-received text message). In some embodiments, in accordance with the determination that the second plurality of terms was received after the first plurality of terms, the electronic device forgoes selecting ( 672 ) one or more terms in the first plurality of terms as actionable terms (e.g., do not select terms as actionable terms in the earlier-received text message). 
     In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the plurality of terms includes a first term, the electronic device utilizes ( 674 ) a third word list and a fourth word list associated with the first term for selecting one or more terms in the plurality of terms as actionable terms for a predetermined time period (e.g., 5, 15 or 30 minutes), wherein the third and fourth words lists are different from the first and the second word lists (e.g., certain terms in the plurality of terms cause the word lists used to identify terms to change for a predetermined time period). For example, if the plurality of terms includes the name of a movie, the electronic device changes the word lists to be used for the next five minutes, for example, to word lists associated with the movie. 
     It should be understood that the particular order in which the operations in  FIGS. 6A-6E  have been described is merely exemplary and is not intended to indicate that the described order is the only order in which the operations could be performed. One of ordinary skill in the art would recognize various ways to reorder the operations described herein. Additionally, it should be noted that details of other processes described herein with respect to other methods described herein (e.g., method  800 ) are also applicable in an analogous manner to method  600  described above with respect to  FIGS. 6A-6E . For example, the plurality of terms, first word list, second word list and actionable terms described above with reference to method  600  optionally have one or more of the characteristics of the plurality of terms, first word list and actionable terms described herein with reference to other methods described herein (e.g., method  800 ). For brevity, these details are not repeated here. 
     The operations in the information processing methods described above are, optionally, implemented by running one or more functional modules in an information processing apparatus such as general purpose processors (e.g., as described above with respect to  FIGS. 1A and 3 ) or application specific chips. 
     The operations described above with reference to  FIGS. 6A-6E  are, optionally, implemented by components depicted in  FIGS. 1A-1B and 9 . For example, receiving operation  602 , determining operation  604 , and selecting operations  608  and  618  are, optionally, implemented by event sorter  170 , event recognizer  180 , and event handler  190 . Event monitor  171  in event sorter  170  detects a contact on touch-sensitive display  112 , and event dispatcher module  174  delivers the event information to application  136 - 1 . A respective event recognizer  180  of application  136 - 1  compares the event information to respective event definitions  186 , and determines whether a first contact at a first location on the touch-sensitive surface corresponds to a predefined event or sub-event, such as selection of an object on a user interface. When a respective predefined event or sub-event is detected, event recognizer  180  activates an event handler  190  associated with the detection of the event or sub-event. Event handler  190  optionally utilizes or calls data updater  176  or object updater  177  to update the application internal state  192 . In some embodiments, event handler  190  accesses a respective GUI updater  178  to update what is displayed by the application. Similarly, it would be clear to a person having ordinary skill in the art how other processes can be implemented based on the components depicted in  FIGS. 1A-1B and 9 . 
     Automatic Content Population 
     Automatically populating a user interface with content associated with a user&#39;s actions (e.g., communications) on an electronic device can enhance the user&#39;s interaction with the content and the device. Such automatic population in the context of communications between users can similarly enhance each user&#39;s interaction with the content and their respective devices. The embodiments described below provide ways that a device optionally automatically populates a user interface with content. Enhancing interactions with a device reduces the amount of time needed by a user to perform operations, and thus reduces the power usage of the device and increases battery life for battery-powered devices. 
       FIGS. 7A-7F  illustrate exemplary ways in which an electronic device automatically populates a user interface with content in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. The embodiments in these figures are used to illustrate the processes described below, including the processes described with reference to  FIGS. 8A-8C . 
     It should be noted that the examples illustrated in  FIGS. 7A-7F  are directed to electronic devices having touch screens, though it is understood that the electronic devices need not include touch screens. For example, the electronic devices may include displays without touch-sensitive capability, or the electronic devices may be capable of outputting display information for display on a separate display device, as described previously in this disclosure—in such circumstances, the touch screens described below optionally correspond to the displays mentioned above. 
       FIG. 7A  illustrates exemplary touch screen  112 . Touch screen  112  optionally displays one or more user interfaces that include various content. In the example illustrated in  FIG. 7A , touch screen  112  optionally displays a messaging application running on an electronic device of which touch screen  112  is a part, as described with reference to  FIGS. 5A-5O . The messaging application optionally displays communications between two or more users (e.g., messages  702  and  704 ). Messages sent from a user of the electronic device of which touch screen  112  is a part (e.g., a first user) to another user (e.g., a second user) are optionally displayed on the right side of touch screen  112  (e.g., message  704 ). Messages received from the other user (e.g., the second user) by the user of the electronic device of which touch screen  112  is a part (e.g., the first user) are optionally displayed on the left side of the touch screen  112  (e.g., message  702 ). In some embodiments, an identifier of the second user with which the first user is communicating is displayed on touch screen  112  (e.g., “John” in  FIG. 7A ). 
     In some embodiments, the electronic device receives terms that correspond to a communication with another user (e.g., voice input or text input including one or more words, phrases, email addresses, etc.). The terms are optionally a message received at the electronic device from another electronic device. In some embodiments, the electronic device optionally identifies one or more terms in messages  702  and  704  as actionable terms (e.g., terms that can be selected to perform an associated operation), similar to the examples discussed with reference to  FIGS. 5A-5O . In some embodiments, the actionable terms are identified using a word list, such as movies word list  706 , which, in the example illustrated in  FIG. 7A , optionally includes the names of various movies. It is understood, however, that the electronic device can identify terms as actionable terms in other ways within the scope of the disclosure. 
       FIG. 7B  illustrates identification of an actionable term in messages  702  and  704 . Specifically, the electronic device has identified the term “the Skateboard”  708  in message  704 . The electronic device has done so in the example illustrated in  FIG. 7B  because the term “The Skateboard”  712  is included in movies word list  706 , similar to the examples described previously with reference to  FIGS. 5A-5D . 
     Additionally, the electronic device has optionally obtained related content  710  associated with the term “the Skateboard”  708 , and concurrently displayed a representation of the content  710  along with messages  702  and  704  (e.g., the electronic device has optionally displayed the content in-line with or otherwise in close proximity to the received plurality of terms (e.g., messages  704  and  702 ) displayed in the user interface). The electronic device optionally obtains content  710  in a manner similar to the examples described with reference to  FIGS. 5E-5H . For example, if an identified term is the name of a movie, the electronic device optionally obtains information about the movie and displays the information in the user interface adjacent to or otherwise in close proximity to the identified actionable term—the information optionally is information such as actors, show times, box office statistics, etc. In the example illustrated in  FIG. 7B , the related content  710  includes the name of the movie (e.g., The Skateboard: The Movie), a summary of the movie, and a list of actors and actresses starring in the movie, though it is understood that other related content can additionally or alternatively be obtained and displayed by the electronic device. 
     In some embodiments, the electronic device identifies actionable terms based on regular expressions, similar to the example described with reference to  FIG. 5L . For example, the detected occurrence of special symbols such as the @ symbol are optionally used to identify email addresses, (xxx) xxx-xxxx formats are optionally used to identify phone numbers, “www.” prefixes are optionally used to identify uniform resource locators that correspond to webpages, etc.  FIG. 7C  illustrates messages  702  and  714  displayed on touch screen  112 . In  FIG. 7D , the electronic device has optionally identified an actionable term in messages  702  and  714  based on a regular expression. Specifically, the electronic device has optionally identified the term “www.skateboardmovie.com”  716  in message  714  based on, for example, a prefix of “www.” Additionally, the electronic device has optionally obtained content  718  associated with the term “www.skateboardmovie.com”  716  (e.g., a preview of the website), and has concurrently displayed the content  718  along with messages  702  and  714  in the user interface. In the example illustrated in  FIG. 7D , the related content  718  includes a short description of the movie from the website, as well as a link to a preview of the movie, though it is understood that other content is similarly within the scope of the disclosure. In some embodiments, as in  FIG. 7D , the related content is actionable (e.g., the related content allows a user to perform some action related to the content and/or its associated term—for example, making a dinner reservation, purchasing tickets for a movie, etc., such as described with reference to  FIG. 5J ). 
     In some embodiments, the obtained related content includes transaction options for an event (e.g., for the movie).  FIG. 7E  illustrates messages  702  and  704  (as illustrated in  FIGS. 7A-7B ) and related content  720  for The Skateboard movie that includes the ability to buy tickets for the movie. Specifically, the related content  720  allows for selection of a show time for the movie, and indication of a number of tickets to purchase. It is understood that other embodiments may include additional or alternative content to the content in  FIG. 7E . 
     In some embodiments, the electronic device is more proactive in identifying actionable terms and/or displaying related content for actionable terms for more recently-received terms than for less recently-received terms, thus conserving processing resources while still providing robust data detection for recent communications that a user is most likely to be reviewing.  FIG. 7F  illustrates two messages received at separate times. Specifically, message  722  was optionally received by the electronic device from another user at a first time. Message  724  was optionally received by the electronic device from the user of the electronic device (e.g., the user optionally typed-in message  724  to respond to message  722 ) at a second time, later than the first time. 
     In the example illustrated in  FIG. 7F , the electronic device optionally has two word lists with which to identify actionable terms in messages  722  and  724 . The first word list  728  is optionally a word list for use in identifying actionable terms in older messages (e.g., message  722 ), and the second word list  730  is optionally a word list for use in identifying actionable terms in recent messages (e.g., message  724 ). The second word list  730  optionally includes all of the terms in the first word list  728 , in addition to extra terms of its own (e.g., the term “The Skateboard”  736 ), though it is understood that this need not be the case. 
     The electronic device has identified the term “I Love Pizza”  738  in message  722  as an actionable term using the first word list  728 . The electronic device has also optionally identified the terms “The Skateboard”  742  and “I Love Pizza”  740  in message  724  as actionable terms using the second word list  730 . Thus, the electronic device has identified actionable terms in an older message using one word list, and has identified actionable terms in a more recent message using a different word list. In some embodiments, the electronic device identifies a term as actionable only in the more recent message, even if the term also exists in the older message. 
     Additionally, the electronic device has not displayed content associated with the term “I Love Pizza”  738  in message  722 , but has displayed content  726  associated with the term “I Love Pizza”  740  in message  724 . Thus, the electronic device has displayed content for actionable terms identified in more recent messages, but has not displayed content for actionable terms identified in older messages so as to provide additional content for messages that a user is likely to look at, but not for messages that the user is less likely to look at, thereby improving the user experience without unnecessarily using processing resources. In the example illustrated in  FIG. 7F , the related content  726  optionally includes the name of the restaurant, a description of the restaurant, and the ability to make reservations at the restaurant by supplying a reservation time and a party size, though it is understood that the related content  726  can include additional or alternative content to that illustrated in  FIG. 7F . 
       FIGS. 8A-8C  are flow diagrams illustrating a method  800  of automatically populating a user interface with content in accordance with some embodiments. The method  800  is optionally performed at an electronic device such as device  100  or device  300  as described above with reference to  FIGS. 1A-1B and 2-3 . Some operations in method  800  are, optionally, combined and/or the order of some operations is, optionally, changed. 
     As described below, the method  800  provides ways in which a device optionally automatically populates a user interface with content. The method reduces the cognitive burden on a user when interacting with a user interface on the device, thereby creating a more efficient human-machine interface. For battery-operated electronic devices, increasing the efficiency of the user&#39;s interaction with the user interface conserves power and increases the time between battery charges. 
     In some embodiments, an electronic device with one or more processors and memory generates ( 802 ) a user interface for display on a display device (e.g., as illustrated in  FIG. 7A ). While the user interface is displayed on the display device, the electronic device optionally receives ( 804 ) a plurality of terms that corresponds to a communication with another user (e.g., voice input or text input including one or more words, phrases, email addresses, etc., such as messages  702  and  704  in  FIG. 7A ). The terms are optionally received at the electronic device from another electronic device. In some embodiments, the plurality of terms includes a first set of terms received at a first time (e.g., receiving a first text message, such as message  702  in  FIG. 7A ) and a second set of terms received at a second time (e.g., message  704  in  FIG. 7A ) that was after the first time ( 806 ). In some embodiments, the received plurality of terms includes a name of a movie ( 808 ), as illustrated in  FIG. 7B . 
     In some embodiments, after receiving the plurality of terms, the electronic device identifies ( 810 ) one or more terms in the plurality of terms as actionable terms (e.g., terms that can be selected to perform an associated operation), as illustrated in  FIG. 7B . Identifying the one or more terms in the plurality of terms as the actionable terms is optionally based on regular expressions ( 812 ), as illustrated in  FIG. 7D . For example, the detected occurrence of special symbols such as the @ symbol are used to identify email addresses, (xxx) xxx-xxxx formats are used to identify phone numbers, “www.” prefixes are used to identify uniform resource locators that correspond to webpages, etc. In some embodiments, identifying the one or more terms in the plurality of terms as the actionable terms is based on a first word list ( 814 ), as illustrated in  FIGS. 7A-7B  (e.g., the electronic device identifies terms in the plurality of terms that match words in the first word list). In some embodiments, the plurality of terms is optionally received from a second electronic device (e.g., the other user sends a text message from the other user&#39;s electronic device), and the first word list is optionally based on information from the second electronic device ( 816 ) (e.g., if a second user&#39;s device triggered data detection for a word or phrase, then that word or phrase is optionally flagged for data detection by the current user&#39;s device). 
     In some embodiments, identifying one or more terms in the plurality of terms as actionable terms includes comparing the first set of terms to a first word list and comparing the second set of terms to a second word list that includes more terms than the first word list ( 818 ), as illustrated in  FIG. 7F . In some embodiments, the first set of terms is a subset of the second set of terms. Thus, in some embodiments, more aggressive data detection is used for more recent text (e.g., more recently received messages), so as to conserve processing resources while still providing robust data detection for recent communications that the user is most likely to be reviewing. In some embodiments, identifying one or more terms in the plurality of terms as actionable terms includes identifying one or more actionable terms in the first set of terms, and identifying one or more actionable terms in the second set of terms ( 820 ), as illustrated in  FIG. 7F . In some embodiments, identifying the one or more terms in the plurality of terms comprises ( 822 ) determining ( 824 ) a context associated with a first term in the plurality of terms, and identifying ( 826 ) the one or more terms based on the context associated with the first term (e.g., the electronic device optionally look for key terms (e.g., movie names, TV show names, reservation information, restaurant names, etc.), and then does data detection around the key terms using a word list that is specific to those key terms, similar to the examples described with reference to  FIGS. 5M-5O ). For example, the electronic device optionally identifies the name of a sports team in the plurality of terms, and then uses a word list associated with that sports team to identify other terms around the name of the sports team. In some embodiments, one of the actionable terms comprises the name of the movie ( 828 ), as illustrated in  FIGS. 7B and 7E-7F . 
     In some embodiments, the electronic device obtains ( 830 ) related content associated with the identified one or more terms, as illustrated in  FIGS. 7B and 7D-7F  (e.g., the device identifies and retrieves content from a content source, the content associated with the identified one or more terms). For example, if one of the identified terms is the name of a movie, the retrieved content is optionally information about the movie, such as actors, show times, box office statistics, etc. In some embodiments, the related content is actionable ( 832 ) (e.g., the related content allows a user to perform some action related to the content and/or its associated term, such as making a dinner reservation, purchasing tickets for a movie, etc.). In some embodiments, the related content includes information about an event ( 834 ), as illustrated in  FIG. 7B  (e.g., menu for a dinner, show times for a movie, venue information for a game, hours of operation of a restaurant, menu for the restaurant, sports scores for a sporting event, game start time for a sporting event, etc.). In some embodiments, the related content includes transaction options for an event ( 836 ), as illustrated in  FIG. 7E  (e.g., purchasing tickets (sports or non-sports) for an event, reserving tables for a dinner, etc.). In some embodiments, the related content comprises show times for the movie at one or more theaters that are local to the electronic device ( 838 ), as illustrated in  FIG. 7E . In some embodiments, the related content comprises a link to purchase one or more tickets for the movie at one or more theaters that are local to the electronic device ( 840 ), as illustrated in  FIG. 7E . 
     In some embodiments, after obtaining the related content, the electronic device concurrently displays ( 842 ) a representation of the related content along with the received plurality of terms, as illustrated in  FIGS. 7B and 7D-7F  (e.g., the electronic device displays the content in-line with or otherwise in close proximity to the received plurality of terms displayed in the user interface). For example, if an identified term is the name of a movie, the electronic device optionally displays information about the movie, such as actors, show times, box office statistics, etc., adjacent to the identified term. In some embodiments, concurrently displaying a representation of the related content along with the received plurality of terms includes displaying the related content for one or more of the actionable terms in the second set of terms without displaying related content for any of the actionable terms in the first set of terms ( 844 ), as illustrated in  FIG. 7F . In some embodiments, even if the same actionable term is identified in an earlier message and a later message, the related content is displayed for the later message but not for the earlier message, so as to provide additional content for messages that the user is likely to look at but not for messages that the user is less likely to look at, thereby improving the user experience without unnecessarily using processing resources. In some embodiments, the identified actionable terms are visually distinguished from other terms ( 846 ) (e.g., the actionable terms are one or more of highlighted, underlined, bolded, etc.). 
     In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the plurality of terms includes a first term, the electronic device utilizes ( 848 ) a second word list for identifying one or more terms in the plurality of terms as actionable terms for a predetermined time period (e.g., 5, 15 or 30 minutes), wherein the first word list is different from the second word list (e.g., certain terms in the plurality of terms optionally cause the word list used to identify terms to change for a predetermined time period). For example, if the plurality of terms includes the name of a movie, the word list to be used for the next 5 minutes is optionally changed, for example, to a word list associated with the movie. 
     It should be understood that the particular order in which the operations in  FIGS. 8A-8C  have been described is merely exemplary and is not intended to indicate that the described order is the only order in which the operations could be performed. One of ordinary skill in the art would recognize various ways to reorder the operations described herein. Additionally, it should be noted that details of other processes described herein with respect to other methods described herein (e.g., method  600 ) are also applicable in an analogous manner to method  800  described above with respect to  FIGS. 8A-8C . For example, the plurality of terms, first word list and actionable terms described above with reference to method  800  optionally have one or more of the characteristics of the plurality of terms, first word list, second word list and actionable terms described herein with reference to other methods described herein (e.g., method  600 ). For brevity, these details are not repeated here. 
     The operations in the information processing methods described above are, optionally, implemented by running one or more functional modules in an information processing apparatus such as general purpose processors (e.g., as described above with respect to  FIGS. 1A and 3 ) or application specific chips. 
     The operations described above with reference to  FIGS. 8A-8C  are, optionally, implemented by components depicted in  FIGS. 1A-1B and 10 . For example, generating operation  802 , receiving operation  804 , and identifying operation  810  are, optionally, implemented by event sorter  170 , event recognizer  180 , and event handler  190 . Event monitor  171  in event sorter  170  detects a contact on touch-sensitive display  112 , and event dispatcher module  174  delivers the event information to application  136 - 1 . A respective event recognizer  180  of application  136 - 1  compares the event information to respective event definitions  186 , and determines whether a first contact at a first location on the touch-sensitive surface corresponds to a predefined event or sub-event, such as selection of an object on a user interface. When a respective predefined event or sub-event is detected, event recognizer  180  activates an event handler  190  associated with the detection of the event or sub-event. Event handler  190  optionally utilizes or calls data updater  176  or object updater  177  to update the application internal state  192 . In some embodiments, event handler  190  accesses a respective GUI updater  178  to update what is displayed by the application. Similarly, it would be clear to a person having ordinary skill in the art how other processes can be implemented based on the components depicted in  FIGS. 1A-1B and 10 . 
     In accordance with some embodiments,  FIG. 9  shows a functional block diagram of an electronic device  900  configured in accordance with the principles of the various described embodiments. The functional blocks of the device are, optionally, implemented by hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software to carry out the principles of the various described embodiments. It is understood by persons of skill in the art that the functional blocks described in  FIG. 9  are, optionally, combined or separated into sub-blocks to implement the principles of the various described embodiments. Therefore, the description herein optionally supports any possible combination or separation or further definition of the functional blocks described herein. 
     As shown in  FIG. 9 , an electronic device  900  optionally includes a receiving unit  902  configured to receive inputs, a processing unit  904  coupled to the receiving unit  902 , a communicating unit  916  coupled to the receiving unit  902  and the processing unit  904  and configured to communicate data, and a detecting unit  918  coupled to the communicating unit  916  and the processing unit  904  and configured to detect inputs. In some embodiments, the processing unit  904  includes a display enabling unit  906 , a determining unit  908 , a selecting unit  910 , an obtaining unit  912  and a performing unit  914 . 
     In some embodiments, the receiving unit  902  is configured to receive a plurality of terms that corresponds to a communication with another user. In some embodiments, the processing unit  904  is configured to determine a current context of the plurality of terms (e.g., with the determining unit  908 ). In some embodiments, the processing unit  904  is configured to, in accordance with a determination that the current context is a first context, select (e.g., with the selecting unit  910 ) one or more terms in the plurality of terms based on a first word list as actionable terms. In some embodiments, the processing unit  904  is configured to, in accordance with a determination that the current context is a second context, different from the first context, select (e.g., with the selecting unit) one or more terms in the plurality of terms as actionable terms based on a second word list, different from the first word list. In some embodiments, the processing unit  904  is configured to display (e.g., with the display enabling unit  906 ) the plurality of terms, wherein one or more of the actionable terms are visually distinguished from other terms. 
     In some embodiments, the processing unit  904  is configured to obtain (e.g., with the obtaining unit  912 ) content associated with one or more of the actionable terms. In some embodiments, the communicating unit  916  is configured to communicate the plurality of terms and the obtained content to the other user. In some embodiments, obtaining the content comprises obtaining (e.g., with the obtaining unit  912 ) a link to additional content associated with one or more of the actionable terms. In some embodiments, the link comprises a link to an application on the electronic device. 
     In some embodiments, the receiving unit  902  is configured to, prior to obtaining the content associated with the one or more of the actionable terms, receive a selection of the one or more of the actionable terms. In some embodiments, the processing unit  904  is configured to, in response to receiving the selection of the one or more of the actionable terms, obtain (e.g., with the obtaining unit  912 ) the content associated with the selected actionable terms. 
     In some embodiments, selection of an actionable term causes performance of an operation (e.g., with the performing unit  914 ) associated with the selected actionable term. In some embodiments, the detecting unit  918  is configured to detect a selection of one of the actionable terms. In some embodiments, the processing unit  904  is configured to, in response to the selection, perform an operation (e.g., with the performing unit  914 ) associated with the selected actionable term, wherein the operation is dependent on a type of the selected actionable term. 
     In some embodiments, the processing unit  904  is configured to select (e.g., with the selecting unit  910 ) one or more terms in the plurality of terms as actionable terms based on a standard word list. In some embodiments, the processing unit  904  is configured to select (e.g., with the selecting unit  910 ) one or more terms in the plurality of terms as actionable terms based on regular expressions. 
     In some embodiments, the first and second contexts are based on one or more of activities of a user of the electronic device, a time of day, a currently-utilized application on the electronic device, current news events, calendar information on the electronic device, location interests of a user of the electronic device, and content on the electronic device. In some embodiments, the receiving unit  902  is configured to receive updates to the first and second word lists at intervals of time. In some embodiments, the first and second word lists are provided by one or more applications on the electronic device. In some embodiments, a first application on the electronic device and a second application on the electronic device provide different word lists. 
     In some embodiments, the plurality of terms that corresponds to the communication with the other user is received (e.g., with the receiving unit  902 ) from a second electronic device, and the first and second word lists are based on information from the second electronic device. In some embodiments, the processing unit  904  is configured to select (e.g., with the selecting unit  910 ) the one or more terms in the plurality of terms by: determining (e.g., with the determining unit  908 ) a context associated with a first term in the plurality of terms, and selecting (e.g., with the selecting unit  910 ) the one or more terms based on the context associated with the first term. 
     In some embodiments, the receiving unit  902  is configured to receive a first plurality of terms at a first time, wherein the plurality of terms that corresponds to the communication with the other user comprises a second plurality of terms received at a second time (e.g., with the receiving unit  902 ), later than the first time, and the processing unit  904  is configured to select (e.g., with the selecting unit  910 ) the one or more terms in the second plurality of terms as the actionable terms by, in accordance with a determination (e.g., with the determining unit  908 ) that the second plurality of terms was received after the first plurality of terms, selecting (e.g., with the selecting unit  910 ) the one or more terms in the second plurality of terms as the actionable terms. In some embodiments, the processing unit  904  is configured to, in accordance with the determination that the second plurality of terms was received after the first plurality of terms, forgo selecting (e.g., with the selecting unit  910 ) one or more terms in the first plurality of terms as actionable terms. 
     In some embodiments, the processing unit  904  is configured to, in accordance with a determination that the plurality of terms includes a first term, utilizing a third word list and a fourth word list associated with the first term for selecting (e.g., with the selecting unit  910 ) one or more terms in the plurality of terms as actionable terms for a predetermined time period, wherein the third and fourth words lists are different from the first and the second word lists. In some embodiments, the plurality of terms is to be communicated (e.g., with the communicating unit  916 ) to the other user from the electronic device, and the first word list and the second word list correspond to a user of the electronic device. In some embodiments, the plurality of terms is received (e.g., with the receiving unit  902 ) from the other user of a second electronic device, and the first word list and the second word list correspond to the other user of the second electronic device. In some embodiments, the first word list and the second word list correspond to a user of the electronic device and the other user of a second electronic device. 
     In some embodiments, the current context of the plurality of terms is based on one or more of: a current application on the electronic device, a time of day, one or more recently used applications on the electronic device, a location of the electronic device, and previously received terms on the electronic device. 
     In accordance with some embodiments,  FIG. 10  shows a functional block diagram of an electronic device  1000  configured in accordance with the principles of the various described embodiments. The functional blocks of the device are, optionally, implemented by hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software to carry out the principles of the various described embodiments. It is understood by persons of skill in the art that the functional blocks described in  FIG. 10  are, optionally, combined or separated into sub-blocks to implement the principles of the various described embodiments. Therefore, the description herein optionally supports any possible combination or separation or further definition of the functional blocks described herein. 
     As shown in  FIG. 10 , an electronic device  1000  optionally includes a receiving unit  1002  configured to receive inputs, and a processing unit  1004  coupled to the receiving unit  1002 . In some embodiments, the processing unit  1004  includes an obtaining unit  1006 , a display enabling unit  1008 , an identifying unit  1010  and a determining unit  1012 . 
     In some embodiments, the receiving unit  1002  is configured to receive a plurality of terms that corresponds to a communication with another user while a user interface is displayed (e.g., with the display enabling unit  1008 ) on a display device. In some embodiments, the processing unit  1704  is configured to: generate (e.g., with the display enabling unit  1008 ) a user interface for display on the display device; after receiving the plurality of terms (e.g., with the receiving unit  1002 ), identify (e.g., with the identifying unit  1010 ) one or more terms in the plurality of terms as actionable terms; obtain (e.g., with the obtaining unit  1006 ) related content associated with the identified one or more terms; and after obtaining the related content, concurrently display (e.g., with the display enabling unit  1008 ) a representation of the related content along with the received plurality of terms. In some embodiments, identifying (e.g., with the identifying unit  1010 ) the one or more terms in the plurality of terms as the actionable terms is based on regular expressions. In some embodiments, identifying (e.g., with the identifying unit  1010 ) the one or more terms in the plurality of terms as the actionable terms is based on a first word list. 
     In some embodiments, the plurality of terms is received (e.g., with the receiving unit  1002 ) from a second electronic device, and the first word list is based on information from the second electronic device. In some embodiments, the processing unit  1004  is configured to in accordance with a determination (e.g., with the determining unit  1012 ) that the plurality of terms includes a first term, utilizing a second word list for identifying (e.g., with the identifying unit  1010 ) one or more terms in the plurality of terms as actionable terms for a predetermined time period, wherein the first word list is different from the second word list. 
     In some embodiments, the related content is actionable. In some embodiments, the plurality of terms includes a first set of terms received (e.g., with the receiving unit  1002 ) at a first time and a second set of terms received (e.g., with the receiving unit  1002 ) at a second time that was after the first time, and identifying one or more terms in the plurality of terms as actionable terms includes comparing (e.g., with the identifying unit  1010 ) the first set of terms to a first word list and comparing the second set of terms to a second word list that includes more terms than the first word list. 
     In some embodiments, the plurality of terms includes a first set of terms received (e.g., with the receiving unit  1002 ) at a first time and a second set of terms received (e.g., with the receiving unit  1002 ) at a second time that was after the first time, and identifying one or more terms in the plurality of terms as actionable terms includes identifying (e.g., with the identifying unit  1010 ) one or more actionable terms in the first set of terms, and identifying (e.g., with the identifying unit  1010 ) one or more actionable terms in the second set of terms, and concurrently displaying (e.g., with the display enabling unit  1008 ) a representation of the related content along with the received plurality of terms includes displaying the related content for one or more of the actionable terms in the second set of terms without displaying related content for any of the actionable terms in the first set of terms. 
     In some embodiments, identifying (e.g., with the identifying unit  1010 ) the one or more terms in the plurality of terms comprises: determining (e.g., with the determining unit  1012 ) a context associated with a first term in the plurality of terms; and identifying (e.g., with the identifying unit  1010 ) the one or more terms based on the context associated with the first term. In some embodiments, the related content includes information about an event. In some embodiments, the related content includes transaction options for an event. In some embodiments, the identified actionable terms are visually distinguished (e.g., with the display enabling unit  1008 ) from other terms. 
     In some embodiments, the received (e.g., with the receiving unit  1002 ) plurality of terms includes a name of a movie, one of the actionable terms comprises the name of the movie, and the related content comprises show times for the movie at one or more theaters that are local to the electronic device. In some embodiments, the received (e.g., with the receiving unit  1002 ) plurality of terms includes a name of a movie, one of the actionable terms comprises the name of the movie, and the related content comprises a link to purchase one or more tickets for the movie at one or more theaters that are local to the electronic device. 
     The operations described above with reference to  FIGS. 6A-6E and 8A-8C  are, optionally, implemented by components depicted in  FIG. 1A-1B, 9 or 10 . For example, receiving operations  602  and  804  are, optionally implemented by event sorter  170 , event recognizer  180 , and event handler  190 . Event monitor  171  in event sorter  170  detects a contact on touch-sensitive display  112 , and event dispatcher module  174  delivers the event information to application  136 - 1 . A respective event recognizer  180  of application  136 - 1  compares the event information to respective event definitions  186 , and determines whether a first contact at a first location on the touch-sensitive surface corresponds to a predefined event or sub-event, such as selection of an object on a user interface. When a respective predefined event or sub-event is detected, event recognizer  180  activates an event handler  190  associated with the detection of the event or sub-event. Event handler  190  optionally utilizes or calls data updater  176  or object updater  177  to update the application internal state  192 . In some embodiments, event handler  190  accesses a respective GUI updater  178  to update what is displayed by the application. Similarly, it would be clear to a person having ordinary skill in the art how other processes can be implemented based on the components depicted in  FIG. 1A-1B, 9 or 10 . 
     The foregoing description, for purpose of explanation, has been described with reference to specific embodiments. However, the illustrative discussions above are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in view of the above teachings. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and its practical applications, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best use the invention and various described embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.

Metadata:
Filing Date: 20150313
Publication Date: 20200204
Grant Date: 20200204
Priority Date: 20141202
Inventors: VAN OS, MARCEL
Assignee: APPLE INC
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