IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,381,880
Granted Patent B2
US 12,381,880 · App. 17/481,030 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Media service configuration

Inventors: Taylor G. Carrigan (San Francisco, CA); Corey J. Peterson (Cupertino, CA); Jeffrey D. Tanner (Walnut Creek, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
H04L63/102G10L17/22H04L12/2816
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Patent No.
US 12,381,880
App. No.
17/481,030
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to media request handling by electronic devices having multiple users. In some embodiments, a computer system receives a user request to play media and, based on a determination of user identity, plays the requested media using a media service according to user-selected settings.

Claims (167)

1. A computer system, comprising:

one or more input devices;

one or more output devices;

one or more processors; and

memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:

receiving, via the one or more input devices, a first request to play media; wherein the first request to play media is a spoken request;

in response to receiving the first request to play media and in accordance with a determination that the first request to play media meets a first set of request type criteria:

in accordance with a determination, based on the first request, that the first request was made by a first identified user with a profile accessible to the computer system, playing, via the one or more output devices, the requested media using a first source media service specified by the first identified user; and

in accordance with a determination that the first request to play media meets a second set of request type criteria, that includes a criterion that is met when the first request is determined to have been made by a user without a profile accessible to the computer system, playing, via the one or more output devices, the requested media using a second media service, different than the first media service, wherein the second media service is a default media service associated with the computer system.

2. The computer system of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:

in response to receiving the first request to play media and in accordance with a determination that the first request to play media includes a request to play media from a specific media service, playing the requested media using the specific media service.

3. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein the first set of request type criteria includes a criterion that is met when the requested media is personalized media.

4. The computer system of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:

while playing first media, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a first request to save media;

in response to receiving the first request to save media:

in accordance with a determination that the first request to save media was made by a third identified user, associating the first media with the third identified user; and

in accordance with a determination that the first request to save media meets a third set of request type criteria that includes a criterion that is met when the first request to save media is determined to have been made by the user without a profile accessible to the computer system, associating the first media with a fourth identified user that is identified based on a result of a second set of one or more user identity determination operations.

5. The computer system of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:

receiving, via the one or more input devices, a second request to play media;

in response to receiving the second request to play media and in accordance with a determination that the second request to play media meets a fourth set of request type criteria that includes a criterion that is met when the requested media is media of a first type, playing the requested media using the default media service associated with the computer system.

6. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein the first set of request type criteria includes a criterion that is met when the requested media is serialized media.

7. The computer system of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:

receiving, via the one or more input devices, a third request to play media; and

in response to receiving the third request to play media and in accordance with a determination that the media requested by the third request to play media is available from a fourth media service, playing, via the one or more output devices, the requested media using the fourth media service.

8. The computer system of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:

receiving, via the one or more input devices, a fourth request to play media;

in response to receiving the fourth request to play media and in accordance with a determination that the media requested by the fourth request to play media is available from a plurality of media services:

outputting a request for media service identifying information;

receiving user input that includes media service identifying information; and

in response to receiving user input that includes media service identifying information, playing the requested media using the identified media service.

9. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein:

the computer system is associated with a plurality of identified users that includes the first identified user and a ninth identified user;

the first identified user is associated with a first user-selectable default media service; and

the ninth identified user is associated with a second user-selectable default media service that is independently selectable with respect to the first user-selectable default media service.

10. The computer system of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:

prior to receiving the first request to play media and at an external device that is in communication with the computer system, initiating a process for enabling use of the first media service for playback of media by the computer system that includes:

displaying a media service user interface that includes a first selectable user interface object, wherein the media service user interface is generated by an application that is provided by a provider of the first media service;

receiving a first set of one or more user inputs, wherein the first set of one or more user inputs includes a first user input directed to the selectable user interface object; and

in response to receiving the first set of one or more user inputs, enabling use of the first media service for playback of media by the computer system.

11. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein the second media service is selected based on a result of a first set of one or more user identity determination operations.

12. The computer system of claim 11 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:

after the second set of request type criteria are met, performing, at the computer system, the first set of one or more user identity determination operations, including:

outputting, via the one or more output devices, a first request for user identifying information; and

receiving a first user input that includes user identifying information, wherein the result of the first set of one or more user identity determination operations includes the user identifying information.

13. The computer system of claim 11 , wherein:

the result of the first set of one or more user identity determination operations does not include a specific identified user.

14. The computer system of claim 11 , wherein:

in accordance with a determination that the result of the first set of one or more user identity determination operations is an indication that the first request to play media was made by an unknown user, the second media service is the default media service associated with the computer system; and

in accordance with a determination that the result of the first set of one or more user identity determination operations is an indication that the first request to play media was made by a user that is identified as potentially being a fifth identified user and as potentially being a sixth identified user, different from the fifth identified user, the second media service is the default media service associated with the computer system.

15. The computer system of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:

receiving, via the one or more input devices, a second request to play media; and

in response to receiving the second request to play media, playing, via the one or more output devices, the requested media using a third media service that is selected based on a result of a second set of one or more user identity determination operations.

16. The computer system of claim 15 , wherein:

the result of the second set of one or more user identity determination operations includes a second identified user; and

the third media service is specified by the second identified user.

17. The computer system of claim 15 , wherein:

in accordance with a determination that the result of the second set of one or more user identity determination operations is an indication that the second request to play media was made by an unknown user, the third media service is the default media service associated with the computer system; and

in accordance with a determination that the result of the second set of one or more user identity determination operations is an indication that the second request to play media was made by a user that is identified as potentially being a seventh identified user and as potentially being an eighth identified user, different from the seventh identified user, the third media service is different from the default media service associated with the computer system.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of a computer system that is in communication with one or more input devices and one or more output devices, the one or more programs including instructions for:

receiving, via the one or more input devices, a first request to play media; wherein the first request to play media is a spoken request; and

in response to receiving the first request to play media and in accordance with a determination that the first request to play media meets a first set of request type criteria:

in accordance with a determination, based on the first request, that the first request was made by a first identified user with a profile accessible to the computer system, playing, via the one or more output devices, the requested media using a first media service specified by the first identified user; and

in accordance with a determination that the first request to play media meets a second set of request type criteria, that includes a criterion that is met when the first request is determined to have been made by a user without a profile accessible to the computer system, playing, via the one or more output devices, the requested media using a second media service, different than the first media service, wherein the second media service is a default media service associated with the computer system.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the second media service is selected based on a result of a first set of one or more user identity determination operations.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:

after the second set of request type criteria are met, performing, at the computer system, the first set of one or more user identity determination operations, including:

outputting, via the one or more output devices, a first request for user identifying information; and

receiving a first user input that includes user identifying information, wherein the result of the first set of one or more user identity determination operations includes the user identifying information.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein:

the result of the first set of one or more user identity determination operations does not include a specific identified user.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein:

in accordance with a determination that the result of the first set of one or more user identity determination operations is an indication that the first request to play media was made by an unknown user, the second media service is the default media service associated with the computer system; and

in accordance with a determination that the result of the first set of one or more user identity determination operations is an indication that the first request to play media was made by a user that is identified as potentially being a fifth identified user and as potentially being a sixth identified user, different from the fifth identified user, the second media service is the default media service associated with the computer system.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:

receiving, via the one or more input devices, a second request to play media; and

in response to receiving the second request to play media, playing, via the one or more output devices, the requested media using a third media service that is selected based on a result of a second set of one or more user identity determination operations.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 23 , wherein:

the result of the second set of one or more user identity determination operations includes a second identified user; and

the third media service is specified by the second identified user.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 23 , wherein:

in accordance with a determination that the result of the second set of one or more user identity determination operations is an indication that the second request to play media was made by an unknown user, the third media service is the default media service associated with the computer system; and

in accordance with a determination that the result of the second set of one or more user identity determination operations is an indication that the second request to play media was made by a user that is identified as potentially being a seventh identified user and as potentially being an eighth identified user, different from the seventh identified user, the third media service is different from the default media service associated with the computer system.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:

in response to receiving the first request to play media and in accordance with a determination that the first request to play media includes a request to play media from a specific media service, playing the requested media using the specific media service.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the first set of request type criteria includes a criterion that is met when the requested media is personalized media.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:

while playing first media, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a first request to save media;

in response to receiving the first request to save media:

in accordance with a determination that the first request to save media was made by a third identified user, associating the first media with the third identified user; and

in accordance with a determination that the first request to save media meets a third set of request type criteria that includes a criterion that is met when the first request to save media is determined to have been made by the user without a profile accessible to the computer system, associating the first media with a fourth identified user that is identified based on a result of a second set of one or more user identity determination operations.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:

receiving, via the one or more input devices, a second request to play media;

in response to receiving the second request to play media and in accordance with a determination that the second request to play media meets a fourth set of request type criteria that includes a criterion that is met when the requested media is media of a first type, playing the requested media using the default media service associated with the computer system.

30. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the first set of request type criteria includes a criterion that is met when the requested media is serialized media.

31. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:

receiving, via the one or more input devices, a third request to play media; and

in response to receiving the third request to play media and in accordance with a determination that the media requested by the third request to play media is available from a fourth media service, playing, via the one or more output devices, the requested media using the fourth media service.

32. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:

receiving, via the one or more input devices, a fourth request to play media;

in response to receiving the fourth request to play media and in accordance with a determination that the media requested by the fourth request to play media is available from a plurality of media services:

outputting a request for media service identifying information;

receiving user input that includes media service identifying information; and

in response to receiving user input that includes media service identifying information, playing the requested media using the identified media service.

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

the computer system is associated with a plurality of identified users that includes the first identified user and a ninth identified user;

the first identified user is associated with a first user-selectable default media service; and

the ninth identified user is associated with a second user-selectable default media service that is independently selectable with respect to the first user-selectable default media service.

34. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:

prior to receiving the first request to play media and at an external device that is in communication with the computer system, initiating a process for enabling use of the first media service for playback of media by the computer system that includes:

displaying a media service user interface that includes a first selectable user interface object, wherein the media service user interface is generated by an application that is provided by a provider of the first media service;

receiving a first set of one or more user inputs, wherein the first set of one or more user inputs includes a first user input directed to the selectable user interface object; and

in response to receiving the first set of one or more user inputs, enabling use of the first media service for playback of media by the computer system.

35. A method comprising:

at a computer system that is in communication with one or more input devices and one or more output devices:

receiving, via the one or more input devices, a first request to play media; wherein the first request to play media is a spoken request; and

in response to receiving the first request to play media and in accordance with a determination that the first request to play media meets a first set of request type criteria:

in accordance with a determination, based on the first request, that the first request was made by a first identified user with a profile accessible to the computer system, playing, via the one or more output devices, the requested media using a first media service specified by the first identified user; and

in accordance with a determination that the first request to play media meets a second set of request type criteria, that includes a criterion that is met when the first request is determined to have been made by a user without a profile accessible to the computer system, playing, via the one or more output devices, the requested media using a second media service, different than the first media service, wherein the second media service is a default media service associated with the computer system.

36. The method of claim 35 , wherein the second media service is selected based on a result of a first set of one or more user identity determination operations.

37. The method of claim 36 , further comprising:

after the second set of request type criteria are met, performing, at the computer system, the first set of one or more user identity determination operations, including:

outputting, via the one or more output devices, a first request for user identifying information; and

receiving a first user input that includes user identifying information, wherein the result of the first set of one or more user identity determination operations includes the user identifying information.

38. The method of claim 36 , wherein:

the result of the first set of one or more user identity determination operations does not include a specific identified user.

39. The method of claim 36 , wherein:

in accordance with a determination that the result of the first set of one or more user identity determination operations is an indication that the first request to play media was made by an unknown user, the second media service is the default media service associated with the computer system; and

in accordance with a determination that the result of the first set of one or more user identity determination operations is an indication that the first request to play media was made by a user that is identified as potentially being a fifth identified user and as potentially being a sixth identified user, different from the fifth identified user, the second media service is the default media service associated with the computer system.

40. The method of claim 35 , further comprising:

receiving, via the one or more input devices, a second request to play media; and

in response to receiving the second request to play media, playing, via the one or more output devices, the requested media using a third media service that is selected based on a result of a second set of one or more user identity determination operations.

41. The method of claim 40 , wherein:

the result of the second set of one or more user identity determination operations includes a second identified user; and

the third media service is specified by the second identified user.

42. The method of claim 40 , wherein:

in accordance with a determination that the result of the second set of one or more user identity determination operations is an indication that the second request to play media was made by an unknown user, the third media service is the default media service associated with the computer system; and

in accordance with a determination that the result of the second set of one or more user identity determination operations is an indication that the second request to play media was made by a user that is identified as potentially being a seventh identified user and as potentially being an eighth identified user, different from the seventh identified user, the third media service is different from the default media service associated with the computer system.

43. The method of claim 35 , further comprising:

in response to receiving the first request to play media and in accordance with a determination that the first request to play media includes a request to play media from a specific media service, playing the requested media using the specific media service.

44. The method of claim 35 , wherein the first set of request type criteria includes a criterion that is met when the requested media is personalized media.

45. The method of claim 35 , further comprising:

while playing first media, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a first request to save media;

in response to receiving the first request to save media:

in accordance with a determination that the first request to save media was made by a third identified user, associating the first media with the third identified user; and

in accordance with a determination that the first request to save media meets a third set of request type criteria that includes a criterion that is met when the first request to save media is determined to have been made by the user without a profile accessible to the computer system, associating the first media with a fourth identified user that is identified based on a result of a second set of one or more user identity determination operations.

46. The method of claim 35 , further comprising:

receiving, via the one or more input devices, a second request to play media;

in response to receiving the second request to play media and in accordance with a determination that the second request to play media meets a fourth set of request type criteria that includes a criterion that is met when the requested media is media of a first type, playing the requested media using the default media service associated with the computer system.

47. The method of claim 35 , wherein the first set of request type criteria includes a criterion that is met when the requested media is serialized media.

48. The method of claim 35 , further comprising:

receiving, via the one or more input devices, a third request to play media; and

in response to receiving the third request to play media and in accordance with a determination that the media requested by the third request to play media is available from a fourth media service, playing, via the one or more output devices, the requested media using the fourth media service.

49. The method of claim 35 , further comprising:

receiving, via the one or more input devices, a fourth request to play media;

in response to receiving the fourth request to play media and in accordance with a determination that the media requested by the fourth request to play media is available from a plurality of media services:

outputting a request for media service identifying information;

receiving user input that includes media service identifying information; and

in response to receiving user input that includes media service identifying information, playing the requested media using the identified media service.

50. The method of claim 35 , wherein:

the computer system is associated with a plurality of identified users that includes the first identified user and a ninth identified user;

the first identified user is associated with a first user-selectable default media service; and

the ninth identified user is associated with a second user-selectable default media service that is independently selectable with respect to the first user-selectable default media service.

51. The method of claim 35 , further comprising:

prior to receiving the first request to play media and at an external device that is in communication with the computer system, initiating a process for enabling use of the first media service for playback of media by the computer system that includes:

displaying a media service user interface that includes a first selectable user interface object, wherein the media service user interface is generated by an application that is provided by a provider of the first media service;

receiving a first set of one or more user inputs, wherein the first set of one or more user inputs includes a first user input directed to the selectable user interface object; and

in response to receiving the first set of one or more user inputs, enabling use of the first media service for playback of media by the computer system.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2022
From: CARRIGAN, TAYLOR G.; PETERSON, COREY J.; TANNER, JEFFREY D.
To: APPLE INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63090598 · Oct 12, 2020
Related Publication 20220116399A1 · Apr 14, 2022
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