Apple patents system to track how much of a specific content type you consume
This patent describes a method where a device lets users set a preference for how much of a specific type of content they want to consume. The device then tracks the actual amount of that content type used from a provider and displays feedback to the user about their usage.
In the filing’s own words
In one implementation, a method of providing feedback regarding content consumption is performed at a device including a display, one or more processors, and non-transitory memory. The method includes receiving, from a user, input defining a first content consumption preference that specifies a preferred amount of content of a first type. The method includes transmitting, to a first content provider, data indicative of the first content consumption preference. The method includes determining an amount of content of the first type from the first content provider consumed by the user. The method includes providing, to the user, feedback regarding the amount of content of the first type from the first content provider consumed by the user.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: at a device with a display, one or more processors, and non-transitory memory: receiving, from a user, input defining a first content consumption preference that specifies a preferred amount of content of a first type; transmitting, to a first content provider, data indicative of the first content consumption preference, wherein each item from the first content provider has content of multiple types; determining an amount of content of the first type from the first content provider consumed by the user; and providing, to the user, feedback regarding the amount of content of the first type from the first content provider consumed by the user.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- Content consumption feedback
- Patent number
- US12744833B1
- Application number
- 18898274
- Filed
- Sep 26, 2024
- Granted
- Sep 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04L 67/535 Electricity & electronicsH04N 21/44204 Electricity & electronicsH04N 21/44222 Electricity & electronicsMore 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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