IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,057,682
Granted Patent B2
US 11,057,682 · App. 16/827,942 · Granted Jul 6, 2021

User interfaces including selectable representations of content items

Inventors: Juliana Diaz Delgado (San Jose, CA); Lucio Moreno Rufo (Campbell, CA); Alexander Benton Grossman (San Francisco, CA); David M. Moretti (Orinda, CA); Drew R. Domm (Oakland, CA); Fredric R. Vinna (San Francisco, CA); Daniel Eldon Marusich (San Carlos, CA); Policarpo Bonilla Wood (San Jose, CA); Florian Maxime Ponson (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
H04N21/4825G06F3/0482G06F3/0485G06F9/451G06F16/743H04N21/47217
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Patent No.
US 11,057,682
App. No.
16/827,942
Granted
Jul 6, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of items of content available for playback on the electronic device. The representations are optionally presented in a horizontally-scrollable row. In response to a user input to horizontally scroll the row of representations, in some embodiments, the electronic device presents an animation of moving a cropping frame/border between respective representations to scroll the presented representations. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of auxiliary content related to an item of content in a product page user interface of the item of content. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of items of content in accordance with content consumption history of the user account. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of bonus content items associated with a series of episodic content.

Claims (148)

1. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device in communication with a display device and one or more input devices:

receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to display a user interface for a respective series of episodic content; and

in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to display the user interface for the respective series of episodic content, displaying, via the display device, the user interface for the respective series of episodic content, wherein the respective series of episodic content is associated with a first bonus content item associated with a first episode, but not a second episode, of the series of episodic content and a second bonus content item associated with the second episode, but not the first episode, of the series of episodic content, wherein:

in accordance with a determination that a user of the electronic device has not watched the series of episodic content, the user interface includes representations of the first and second bonus content items that are selectable to access the first and second bonus content items, respectively, and

in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device has watched at least a portion of the series of episodic content and that a current playback position of the user in the series of episodic content corresponds to the first episode, the user interface includes the representation of the first bonus content item that is selectable to access the first bonus content item, and the user interface does not include the representation of the second bonus content item.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user interface for the respective series of episodic content includes a representation of a third bonus content item that is a type of bonus content different from a type of bonus content of the first bonus content item and the second bonus content item.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein:

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has not watched the series of episodic content, the representation of the third bonus content item is displayed with higher priority than the representations of the first and second bonus content items in a respective region of the user interface for the respective series of episodic content, and

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has watched at least the portion of the series of episodic content and that the current playback position of the user in the series of episodic content corresponds to the first episode, the representation of the first bonus content item is displayed with higher priority than the representation of the third bonus content item in the respective region of the user interface for the respective series of episodic content.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the series of episodic content is associated with a first trailer,

the user interface for the respective series of episodic content further includes a representation of the first trailer that is selectable to access the first trailer,

the user interface includes a first region above a second region,

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has not watched the series of episodic content, the representation of the first trailer is displayed in the first region of the user interface, and the representations of the first and second bonus content items are displayed in the second region of the user interface, and

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has watched at least the portion of the series of episodic content, the representation of the first bonus content item is displayed in the first region of the user interface, and the representation of the first trailer is displayed in the second region of the user interface.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the representation of the first bonus content item includes an indication of the first episode with which the first bonus content item is associated, and metadata associated with the first bonus content item, and

the representation of the second bonus content item includes an indication of the second episode with which the second bonus content item is associated, and metadata associated with the second bonus content item.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the respective series of episodic content is further associated with a third bonus content item that is associated with a final episode of the respective series of episodic content, wherein the third bonus content item is not associated with the first or second episodes of the series of episodic content, and

in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device has finished watching the final episode of the respective series of episodic content, the user interface for the respective series of episodic content includes a representation of the third bonus content item that is selectable to access the third bonus content item, and does not include the representations of the first and second bonus content items.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the respective series of episodic content is further associated with a third bonus content item that is associated with a final episode of the respective series of episodic content, wherein the third bonus content item is not associated with the first or second episodes of the series of episodic content, and

in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device has finished watching the final episode of the respective series of episodic content:

in accordance with a determination that an amount of time since the user of the electronic device finished watching the final episode of the respective series of episodic content is less than a predetermined time threshold, the user interface for the respective series of episodic content includes a representation of the third bonus content item that is selectable to access the third bonus content item, and does not include the representations of the first and second bonus content items, and

in accordance with a determination that the amount of time since the user of the electronic device finished watching the final episode of the respective series of episodic content is greater than the predetermined time threshold, the user interface for the respective series of episodic content includes the representations of the first, second, and third bonus content items.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

while displaying the user interface for the respective series of episodic content and while the current playback position of the user in the series of episodic content corresponds to the first episode, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to display a user interface for the second episode of the respective series of episodic content; and

in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to display the user interface for the second episode, displaying, via the display device, the user interface for the second episode, wherein the user interface for the second episode includes the representation of the second bonus content item.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the respective series of episodic content is further associated with a third bonus content item associated with the first and second episodes of the series of episodic content, and

the representation of the second bonus content item is displayed with higher priority than a representation of the third bonus content item in a respective region of the user interface for the second episode.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the respective series of episodic content is associated with a third bonus content item associated with the second episode,

the user interface for the second episode includes a representation of the third bonus content item, and

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has watched at least a portion of the series of episodic content and that a current playback position of the user in the series of episodic content corresponds to the first episode, the user interface for the respective series of episodic content does not include the representation of the third bonus content item.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has not watched the series of episodic content, the user interface for the second episode includes the representation of the second bonus content item;

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has watched at least the portion of the series of episodic content, the user interface for the second episode includes the representation of the second bonus content item;

in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device is entitled to access the series of episodic content, the user interface for the second episode includes the representation of the second bonus content item; and

in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device is not entitled to access the series of episodic content, the user interface for the second episode includes the representation of the second bonus content item.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has not watched the series of episodic content:

in accordance with a determination that the series of episodic content is currently-releasing series of episodic content, the user interface for the series of episodic content includes the representations of the first and second bonus content items; and

in accordance with a determination that the series of episodic content is not a currently-releasing series of episodic content, the user interface for the series of episodic content includes the representations of the first and second bonus content items; and

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has watched at least the portion of the series of episodic content and that the current playback position of the user in the series of episodic content corresponds to the first episode:

in accordance with the determination that the series of episodic content is currently-releasing series of episodic content, the user interface includes the representation of the first bonus content item, and the user interface does not include the representation of the second bonus content item; and

in accordance with a determination that the series of episodic content is not a currently-releasing series of episodic content, the user interface includes the representation of the first bonus content item, and the user interface does not include the representation of the second bonus content item.

13. 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:

receiving, via one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to display a user interface for a respective series of episodic content; and

in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to display the user interface for the respective series of episodic content, displaying, via a display device, the user interface for the respective series of episodic content, wherein the respective series of episodic content is associated with a first bonus content item associated with a first episode, but not a second episode, of the series of episodic content and a second bonus content item associated with the second episode, but not the first episode, of the series of episodic content, wherein:

in accordance with a determination that a user of the electronic device has not watched the series of episodic content, the user interface includes representations of the first and second bonus content items that are selectable to access the first and second bonus content items, respectively, and

in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device has watched at least a portion of the series of episodic content and that a current playback position of the user in the series of episodic content corresponds to the first episode, the user interface includes the representation of the first bonus content item that is selectable to access the first bonus content item, and the user interface does not include the representation of the second bonus content item.

14. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

receive, via one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to display a user interface for a respective series of episodic content; and

in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to display the user interface for the respective series of episodic content, display, via a display device, the user interface for the respective series of episodic content, wherein the respective series of episodic content is associated with a first bonus content item associated with a first episode, but not a second episode, of the series of episodic content and a second bonus content item associated with the second episode, but not the first episode, of the series of episodic content, wherein:

in accordance with a determination that a user of the electronic device has not watched the series of episodic content, the user interface includes representations of the first and second bonus content items that are selectable to access the first and second bonus content items, respectively, and

in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device has watched at least a portion of the series of episodic content and that a current playback position of the user in the series of episodic content corresponds to the first episode, the user interface includes the representation of the first bonus content item that is selectable to access the first bonus content item, and the user interface does not include the representation of the second bonus content item.

15. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the user interface for the respective series of episodic content includes a representation of a third bonus content item that is a type of bonus content different from a type of bonus content of the first bonus content item and the second bonus content item.

16. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein:

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has not watched the series of episodic content, the representation of the third bonus content item is displayed with higher priority than the representations of the first and second bonus content items in a respective region of the user interface for the respective series of episodic content, and

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has watched at least the portion of the series of episodic content and that the current playback position of the user in the series of episodic content corresponds to the first episode, the representation of the first bonus content item is displayed with higher priority than the representation of the third bonus content item in the respective region of the user interface for the respective series of episodic content.

17. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein:

the series of episodic content is associated with a first trailer,

the user interface for the respective series of episodic content further includes a representation of the first trailer that is selectable to access the first trailer,

the user interface includes a first region above a second region,

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has not watched the series of episodic content, the representation of the first trailer is displayed in the first region of the user interface, and the representations of the first and second bonus content items are displayed in the second region of the user interface, and

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has watched at least the portion of the series of episodic content, the representation of the first bonus content item is displayed in the first region of the user interface, and the representation of the first trailer is displayed in the second region of the user interface.

18. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein:

the representation of the first bonus content item includes an indication of the first episode with which the first bonus content item is associated, and metadata associated with the first bonus content item, and

the representation of the second bonus content item includes an indication of the second episode with which the second bonus content item is associated, and metadata associated with the second bonus content item.

19. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein:

the respective series of episodic content is further associated with a third bonus content item that is associated with a final episode of the respective series of episodic content, wherein the third bonus content item is not associated with the first or second episodes of the series of episodic content, and

in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device has finished watching the final episode of the respective series of episodic content, the user interface for the respective series of episodic content includes a representation of the third bonus content item that is selectable to access the third bonus content item, and does not include the representations of the first and second bonus content items.

20. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein:

the respective series of episodic content is further associated with a third bonus content item that is associated with a final episode of the respective series of episodic content, wherein the third bonus content item is not associated with the first or second episodes of the series of episodic content, and

in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device has finished watching the final episode of the respective series of episodic content:

in accordance with a determination that an amount of time since the user of the electronic device finished watching the final episode of the respective series of episodic content is less than a predetermined time threshold, the user interface for the respective series of episodic content includes a representation of the third bonus content item that is selectable to access the third bonus content item, and does not include the representations of the first and second bonus content items, and

in accordance with a determination that the amount of time since the user of the electronic device finished watching the final episode of the respective series of episodic content is greater than the predetermined time threshold, the user interface for the respective series of episodic content includes the representations of the first, second, and third bonus content items.

21. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

while displaying the user interface for the respective series of episodic content and while the current playback position of the user in the series of episodic content corresponds to the first episode, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to display a user interface for the second episode of the respective series of episodic content; and

in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to display the user interface for the second episode, displaying, via the display device, the user interface for the second episode, wherein the user interface for the second episode includes the representation of the second bonus content item.

22. The electronic device of claim 21 , wherein:

the respective series of episodic content is further associated with a third bonus content item associated with the first and second episodes of the series of episodic content, and

the representation of the second bonus content item is displayed with higher priority than a representation of the third bonus content item in a respective region of the user interface for the second episode.

23. The electronic device of claim 21 , wherein:

the respective series of episodic content is associated with a third bonus content item associated with the second episode,

the user interface for the second episode includes a representation of the third bonus content item, and

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has watched at least a portion of the series of episodic content and that a current playback position of the user in the series of episodic content corresponds to the first episode, the user interface for the respective series of episodic content does not include the representation of the third bonus content item.

24. The electronic device of claim 21 , wherein:

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has not watched the series of episodic content, the user interface for the second episode includes the representation of the second bonus content item;

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has watched at least the portion of the series of episodic content, the user interface for the second episode includes the representation of the second bonus content item;

in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device is entitled to access the series of episodic content, the user interface for the second episode includes the representation of the second bonus content item; and

in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device is not entitled to access the series of episodic content, the user interface for the second episode includes the representation of the second bonus content item.

25. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has not watched the series of episodic content:

in accordance with a determination that the series of episodic content is currently-releasing series of episodic content, the user interface for the series of episodic content includes the representations of the first and second bonus content items; and

in accordance with a determination that the series of episodic content is not a currently-releasing series of episodic content, the user interface for the series of episodic content includes the representations of the first and second bonus content items; and

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has watched at least the portion of the series of episodic content and that the current playback position of the user in the series of episodic content corresponds to the first episode:

in accordance with the determination that the series of episodic content is currently-releasing series of episodic content, the user interface includes the representation of the first bonus content item, and the user interface does not include the representation of the second bonus content item; and

in accordance with a determination that the series of episodic content is not a currently-releasing series of episodic content, the user interface includes the representation of the first bonus content item, and the user interface does not include the representation of the second bonus content item.

26. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the user interface for the respective series of episodic content includes a representation of a third bonus content item that is a type of bonus content different from a type of bonus content of the first bonus content item and the second bonus content item.

27. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 26 , wherein:

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has not watched the series of episodic content, the representation of the third bonus content item is displayed with higher priority than the representations of the first and second bonus content items in a respective region of the user interface for the respective series of episodic content, and

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has watched at least the portion of the series of episodic content and that the current playback position of the user in the series of episodic content corresponds to the first episode, the representation of the first bonus content item is displayed with higher priority than the representation of the third bonus content item in the respective region of the user interface for the respective series of episodic content.

28. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein:

the series of episodic content is associated with a first trailer,

the user interface for the respective series of episodic content further includes a representation of the first trailer that is selectable to access the first trailer,

the user interface includes a first region above a second region,

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has not watched the series of episodic content, the representation of the first trailer is displayed in the first region of the user interface, and the representations of the first and second bonus content items are displayed in the second region of the user interface, and

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has watched at least the portion of the series of episodic content, the representation of the first bonus content item is displayed in the first region of the user interface, and the representation of the first trailer is displayed in the second region of the user interface.

29. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein:

the representation of the first bonus content item includes an indication of the first episode with which the first bonus content item is associated, and metadata associated with the first bonus content item, and

the representation of the second bonus content item includes an indication of the second episode with which the second bonus content item is associated, and metadata associated with the second bonus content item.

30. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein:

the respective series of episodic content is further associated with a third bonus content item that is associated with a final episode of the respective series of episodic content, wherein the third bonus content item is not associated with the first or second episodes of the series of episodic content, and

in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device has finished watching the final episode of the respective series of episodic content, the user interface for the respective series of episodic content includes a representation of the third bonus content item that is selectable to access the third bonus content item, and does not include the representations of the first and second bonus content items.

31. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein:

the respective series of episodic content is further associated with a third bonus content item that is associated with a final episode of the respective series of episodic content, wherein the third bonus content item is not associated with the first or second episodes of the series of episodic content, and

in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device has finished watching the final episode of the respective series of episodic content:

in accordance with a determination that an amount of time since the user of the electronic device finished watching the final episode of the respective series of episodic content is less than a predetermined time threshold, the user interface for the respective series of episodic content includes a representation of the third bonus content item that is selectable to access the third bonus content item, and does not include the representations of the first and second bonus content items, and

in accordance with a determination that the amount of time since the user of the electronic device finished watching the final episode of the respective series of episodic content is greater than the predetermined time threshold, the user interface for the respective series of episodic content includes the representations of the first, second, and third bonus content items.

32. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

while displaying the user interface for the respective series of episodic content and while the current playback position of the user in the series of episodic content corresponds to the first episode, receive, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to display a user interface for the second episode of the respective series of episodic content; and

in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to display the user interface for the second episode, display, via the display device, the user interface for the second episode, wherein the user interface for the second episode includes the representation of the second bonus content item.

33. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 32 , wherein:

the respective series of episodic content is further associated with a third bonus content item associated with the first and second episodes of the series of episodic content, and

the representation of the second bonus content item is displayed with higher priority than a representation of the third bonus content item in a respective region of the user interface for the second episode.

34. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 32 , wherein:

the respective series of episodic content is associated with a third bonus content item associated with the second episode,

the user interface for the second episode includes a representation of the third bonus content item, and

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has watched at least a portion of the series of episodic content and that a current playback position of the user in the series of episodic content corresponds to the first episode, the user interface for the respective series of episodic content does not include the representation of the third bonus content item.

35. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 32 , wherein:

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has not watched the series of episodic content, the user interface for the second episode includes the representation of the second bonus content item;

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has watched at least the portion of the series of episodic content, the user interface for the second episode includes the representation of the second bonus content item;

in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device is entitled to access the series of episodic content, the user interface for the second episode includes the representation of the second bonus content item; and

in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device is not entitled to access the series of episodic content, the user interface for the second episode includes the representation of the second bonus content item.

36. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has not watched the series of episodic content:

in accordance with a determination that the series of episodic content is currently-releasing series of episodic content, the user interface for the series of episodic content includes the representations of the first and second bonus content items; and

in accordance with a determination that the series of episodic content is not a currently-releasing series of episodic content, the user interface for the series of episodic content includes the representations of the first and second bonus content items; and

in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device has watched at least the portion of the series of episodic content and that the current playback position of the user in the series of episodic content corresponds to the first episode:

in accordance with the determination that the series of episodic content is currently-releasing series of episodic content, the user interface includes the representation of the first bonus content item, and the user interface does not include the representation of the second bonus content item; and

in accordance with a determination that the series of episodic content is not a currently-releasing series of episodic content, the user interface includes the representation of the first bonus content item, and the user interface does not include the representation of the second bonus content item.

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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CONVEYING PARTY DATA TO ADD ASSIGNORS THREE TO NIN PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 052932 FRAME: 0729. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 19, 2021
From: DIAZ DELGADO, JULIANA; MORENO RUFO, LUCIO; GROSSMAN, ALEXANDER BENTON; MORETTI, DAVID M.; DOMM, DREW R.; VINNA, FREDRIC R.; MARUSICH, DANIEL ELDON; WOOD, POLICARPO BONILLA; PONSON, FLORIAN MAXIME
To: APPLE INC.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2020
From: DIAZ DELGADO, JULIANA; MORENO RUFO, LUCIO
To: APPLE INC.
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Provisional Application 62967437 · Jan 29, 2020
Provisional Application 62855871 · May 31, 2019
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