Apple patents social cues for media browsing interfaces
Apple has been granted a patent for a method that displays small indicators on media items, such as playlists or albums, when friends have interacted with them. The system checks if users in your social circle have engaged with specific content and shows a marker on the screen to highlight those items during browsing.
In the filing’s own words
A method includes, while displaying a media browsing user interface, receiving a request to display a different view of the media browsing user interface, and responsive thereto, concurrently displaying a representation of a first media container and a representation of a second media container. In accordance with a determination that the first media container meets an engagement criteria that other users with whom the first user has a predetermined relationship have engaged with the respective media container, displaying an engagement marker for the representation of the first media container to indicate that other users have engaged with the first media container. In accordance with a determination that the first media container does not meet the engagement criteria for the first user, displaying the representation of the first media container without displaying an engagement marker for the representation of the first media container.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: at a device including a display and one or more input devices: displaying, on the display, a media browsing user interface for a first user; while displaying the media browsing user interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input that corresponds to a request to display a different view of the media browsing user interface; and in response to the input, concurrently displaying, within the media browsing user interface, a plurality of representations of containers of media items including a representation of a first media container and a representation of a second media container, wherein: in accordance with a determination that the first media container meets engagement criteria for the first user, wherein the engagement criteria for a respective media container include a criterion that other users with whom the first user has a predetermined relationship have engaged with media in the respective media container, displaying an engagement marker for the representation of the first media container to indicate that users with which the first user has the predetermined relationship have engaged with one or more media items in the first media container; in accordance with a determination that the first media container does not meet the engagement criteria for the first user, displaying the representation of the first media container without displaying an engagement marker for the representation of the first media container; in accordance with a determination that the second media container meets engagement criteria for the first user, displaying an engagement marker for the representation of the second media container to indicate that users with which the first user has the predetermined relationship have engaged with one or more media items in the second media container; and in accordance with a determination that the second media container does not meet the engagement criteria for the first user, displaying the representation of the second media container without displaying an engagement marker for the representation of the second media container.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- Device, method, and graphical user interface for presenting representations of media containers
- Patent number
- US12743199B2
- Application number
- 18750778
- Filed
- Jun 21, 2024
- Granted
- Sep 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 25
Classified under
G06F 3/04847 Physics & computingG06F 3/0485 Physics & computingG06F 16/635 Physics & computingG06F 16/637 Physics & computingG06F 16/639 Physics & computingG06F 16/9535 Physics & computingMore from Apple in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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