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US 11,720,229 · App. 17/457,901 · Granted Aug 8, 2023

User interfaces for browsing and presenting content

Inventor: Uli M. Schöberl (San Francisco, CA)

Assignee: Apple Inc.

G06F3/0482 G06F3/04817 H04N21/4668 H04N21/47202

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Patent No.: US 11,720,229
App. No.: 17/457,901
Filed: Dec 6, 2021
Granted: Aug 8, 2023
Kind: B2
Examiner: NGUYEN, CAO H
Art Unit: 2171
USPC: 715/810

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Abstract

In some embodiments, an electronic device presents user interfaces for browsing and presenting content. In some embodiments, the electronic device presents representations of recommended items of content that include representations of content items the user is entitled to access without including representations of content items the user is not entitled to access.

Claims (174)

1. A method comprising:

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

displaying, via the display generation component, a user interface that includes a plurality of representations of suggested content items from a first collection of content items and a second collection of content items, the second collection of content items containing content items of a first type and content items of a second type, wherein:

in accordance with a determination that a first content item from the first collection of content items satisfies one or more criteria including a criterion that is satisfied when a user account logged into the electronic device follows the first collection of content items, the plurality of representations of content items includes a first representation of the first content item from the first collection of content items,

in accordance with a determination that a first content item of the first type from the second collection of content item satisfies the one or more criteria including a criterion that is satisfied when the user account logged into the electronic device follows the second collection of content items, the plurality of representations of content items includes a first representation of the first content item from the second collection of content items, and

in accordance with a determination that a second content item of the second type from the second collection of content items satisfies the one or more criteria including the criterion that is satisfied when the user account logged into the electronic device follows the second collection of content items:

in accordance with a determination that the user is entitled to access the second content item of the second type, the plurality of representations of content items includes a second representation of the second content item from the second collection of content items; and

in accordance with a determination that the user is not entitled to access the second content item of the second type, the plurality of representations of content items does not include the second representation of the second content item from the second collection of content items.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

a third collection of content items includes content items of the second type and does not include content items of the first type, and

in accordance with a determination that a first content item of the second type from the third collection of content items satisfies the one or more criteria:

in accordance with a determination that the user is entitled to access the third collection of content items, the plurality of representations of content items includes a first representation of the first content item from the third collection of content items, and

in accordance with a determination that the user is not entitled to access the third collection of content items, the plurality of representations of content items does not include the first representation of the first content item from the third collection of content items.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying, via the display generation component, the user interface for the second collection of content items, wherein:

the user interface for the second collection of content items includes a respective plurality of representations of the content items from the second collection of content items including a first respective representation of a first respective content item of the first type and a second respective representation of a second respective content item of the second type from the second collection of content items, and

each representation of a content item is displayed without a visual indication regarding whether the user is entitled to access the content item.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user is entitled to access the second content item of the second type via a subscription to a respective plurality of collections of content items which includes the second collection of content items.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying, via the display generation component, a respective user interface associated with a respective content item included in a respective collection of content items, wherein:

in accordance with a determination that the user is entitled to access the respective content item, the respective user interface includes a visual indication of a respective subscription that provides the entitlement of the user to access the respective content item, and

in accordance with a determination that the user is not entitled to access the respective content item, the respective user interface includes a visual indication that a subscription is required to access the respective content item.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein:

in accordance with a determination that the user is entitled to access the respective content item via a subscription to the respective collection of content items, the visual indication of the respective subscription is a visual indication of the subscription to the respective collection of content items, and

in accordance with a determination that the user is entitled to access the respective in accordance with a determination that the user is entitled to access the respective content item via a subscription to a respective plurality of collections of content items, including the respective collection of content items, the visual indication of the respective subscription is a visual indication of the subscription to the respective plurality of collections of content items.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying, via the display generation component, a respective user interface associated with a respective collection of content items, wherein:

in accordance with a determination that the user is entitled to access at least one content item of the second type included in the respective collection of content items, the respective user interface includes a respective visual indication that the user is entitled to access at least one content item of the second type included in the respective collection of content items, and

in accordance with a determination that the user is not entitled to access at least one content item of the second type included in the respective collection of content items, the respective user interface does not include the respective visual indication.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying, via the display generation component, a respective representation of a respective content item included in a respective collection of content items, wherein the respective content item is a content item of the second type;

while displaying the respective representation of the respective content item, detecting, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to selection of the respective representation of the respective content item; and

in response to detecting the input corresponding to the selection of the respective representation:

in accordance with a determination that the user is not entitled to access the respective content item, displaying, via the display generation component, a respective user interface that includes playing content of a person associated with the respective content item.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying, via the display generation component, a respective user interface associated with a respective collection of content items that includes content items of the first type and content items of the second type, wherein the respective user interface includes:

a first selectable option that is selectable to automatically provide the user with information about the content items of the first type included in the respective collection of content items without providing the user with access to the content items of the second type included in the respective collection of content items; and

a second selectable option, separate from the first selectable option, that is selectable to initiate a process to automatically provide the user with information about the content items of the first type included in the respective collection of content items and provide the user with access to the content items of the second type included in the respective collection of content items.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying, via the display generation component, a respective user interface associated with a respective collection of content items, wherein the respective user interface includes a user interface element for initiating a process to search through the content items included in the collection of content items.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying, via the display generation component, a respective user interface associated with a respective plurality of collections of content items, wherein the respective user interface includes one or more representations of suggested content items from one or more collections of content items included in the respective plurality of collections of content items, and does not include one or more representations of suggested content items from one or more collections of content items not included in the respective plurality of collections of content items.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein:

in accordance with a determination that the respective plurality of collections of content items includes one or more content items of the second type, the respective user interface includes one or more representations of suggested content items of the first type from the respective plurality of collections of content items.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein:

in accordance with a determination that the respective plurality of collections of content items includes one or more content items of the second type, the respective user interface includes one or more representations of suggested content items of the second type from the respective plurality of collections of content items.

14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, via the one or more input devices, a respective input corresponding to a request to search through a plurality of collections of content items accessible via the electronic device; and

in response to receiving the respective input, displaying, via the display generation component, search results corresponding to the respective input, including:

one or more representations of one or more content items included in one or more collections of content items that are associated with the request to search through the plurality of collections of content items accessible via the electronic device; and

one or more representations of one or more collections of content items that are associated with the request to search through the plurality of collections of content items accessible via the electronic device.

15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

while displaying a respective user interface associated with one or more collections of content items:

in accordance with a determination that one or more criteria are satisfied, displaying, in the respective user interface, a first selectable option that is selectable to initiate a process to remove one or more content items in the one or more collections of content items from storage associated with the electronic device.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

after detecting selection of the first selectable option and initiating the process to remove the one or more content items from the storage associated with the electronic device:

in accordance with a determination that one or more second criteria are satisfied, displaying, in the respective user interface, a second selectable option that is selectable to initiate a process for automatically removing one or more content items in the one or more collections of content items from the storage associated with the electronic device.

17. 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:

displaying, via a display generation component, a user interface that includes a plurality of representations of suggested content items from a first collection of content items and a second collection of content items, the second collection of content items containing content items of a first type and content items of a second type, wherein:

18. 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 perform a method comprising:

19. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein:

a third collection of content items includes content items of the second type and does not include content items of the first type, and

in accordance with a determination that a first content item of the second type from the third collection of content items satisfies the one or more criteria:

20. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

displaying, via the display generation component, a user interface for the second collection of content items, wherein:

each representation of a content item is displayed without a visual indication regarding whether the user is entitled to access the content item.

21. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the user is entitled to access the second content item of the second type via a subscription to the second collection of content items.

22. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the user is entitled to access the second content item of the second type via a subscription to a respective plurality of collections of content items which includes the second collection of content items.

23. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

displaying, via the display generation component, a respective user interface associated with a respective content item included in a respective collection of content items, wherein:

24. The electronic device of claim 23 , wherein:

in accordance with a determination that the user is entitled to access the respective content item via a subscription to a respective plurality of collections of content items, including the respective collection of content items, the visual indication of the respective subscription is a visual indication of the subscription to the respective plurality of collections of content items.

25. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

displaying, via the display generation component, a respective user interface associated with a respective collection of content items, wherein:

26. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

while displaying the respective representation of the respective content item, detecting, via one or more input devices, an input corresponding to selection of the respective representation of the respective content item; and

in response to detecting the input corresponding to the selection of the respective representation:

27. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

28. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

29. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

30. The electronic device of claim 29 , wherein:

31. The electronic device of claim 29 , wherein:

in accordance with a determination that the respective plurality of collections of content items includes one or more content items of the second type, the respective user interface includes one or more representations of suggested content items of the second type from the respective plurality of collections of content items.

32. The electronic device of claim 29 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

receiving, via one or more input devices, a respective input corresponding to a request to search through a plurality of collections of content items accessible via the electronic device; and

in response to receiving the respective input, displaying, via the display generation component, search results corresponding to the respective input, including:

33. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

while displaying a respective user interface associated with one or more collections of content items:

34. The electronic device of claim 33 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

after detecting selection of the first selectable option and initiating the process to remove the one or more content items from storage associated with the electronic device:

35. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein:

a third collection of content items includes content items of the second type and does not include content items of the first type, and

in accordance with a determination that a first content item of the second type from the third collection of content items satisfies the one or more criteria:

36. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the method further comprises:

displaying, via the display generation component, a user interface for the second collection of content items, wherein:

each representation of a content item is displayed without a visual indication regarding whether the user is entitled to access the content item.

37. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the user is entitled to access the second content item of the second type via a subscription to the second collection of content items.

38. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the user is entitled to access the second content item of the second type via a subscription to a respective plurality of collections of content items which includes the second collection of content items.

39. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the method further comprises:

displaying, via the display generation component, a respective user interface associated with a respective content item included in a respective collection of content items, wherein:

40. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 39 , wherein:

41. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the method further comprises:

displaying, via the display generation component, a respective user interface associated with a respective collection of content items, wherein:

42. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the method further comprises:

in response to detecting the input corresponding to the selection of the respective representation:

43. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the method further comprises:

44. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the method further comprises:

45. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the method further comprises:

46. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 45 , wherein:

47. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 45 , wherein:

in accordance with a determination that the respective plurality of collections of content items includes one or more content items of the second type, the respective user interface includes one or more representations of suggested content items of the second type from the respective plurality of collections of content items.

48. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 45 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, via one or more input devices, a respective input corresponding to a request to search through a plurality of collections of content items accessible via the electronic device; and

in response to receiving the respective input, displaying, via the display generation component, search results corresponding to the respective input, including:

49. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the method further comprises:

while displaying a respective user interface associated with one or more collections of content items:

50. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 49 , wherein the method further comprises:

after detecting selection of the first selectable option and initiating the process to remove the one or more content items from storage associated with the electronic device:

Assignments (1)

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2022

From: SCHOBERL, ULI M.

To: APPLE INC.

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Continuity (2)

Provisional Application 63122462 · Dec 7, 2020

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