User interfaces for time period-based curated playlists

US11656838B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Tiffany S. REESE · Livermore, US
• Arvind S. Shenoy · Cupertino, US
• David J. DAVIS · Danville, US
• Evan Mills · Los Altos, US
• Sebastien P. Sahuc · Piedmont, US
• Uli M. Schöberl · San Francisco, US
• Benjamin B. Bours · San Francisco, US
• Eric R. SESHENS · Milpitas, US
• Jason M. HESS · Plumas Lake, US
• Drew R. Domm · Oakland, US
• Alexander Benton Grossman · Geneva, US
• Phillip Vasquez · San Jose, US
• Fredric Vinna · San Francisco, US
• Agnes Won · Los Angeles, US
• Michael Joseph Zarcone, III · Santa Monica, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 11, 2020
• Grant date: May 23, 2023
• Expiry date: Nov 11, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G11B27/34
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In some embodiments, an electronic device receives, via one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to display a user interface associated with a first respective content mix, wherein the first respective content mix is associated with a first respective time period. In some embodiments in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to display the user interface associated with the first respective content mix, the electronic device displays, via a display, the user interface. In some embodiments, the user interface includes a plurality of representations of content items including visual indications of amounts of consumption, of a first consumption metric type, by a user during the first respective time period, and a plurality of representations of content creators including visual indications of consumption, of a second consumption metric type, by the user during the first respective time period.