Apple patents smart transitions between videos based on content type
Apple describes a system that automatically plays a visual effect when one video ends and another begins. The length of this transition changes depending on the specific characteristics of the next video, such as its genre or format.
In the filing’s own words
In some embodiments, an electronic device presents a transition effect between media content in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays search user interfaces for media content according to some embodiments. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays a selectable option that is selectable to generate collections of content items according to some embodiments. In some embodiments, an electronic device generates collections of content items using machine learning and/or artificial intelligence.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: at an electronic device in communication with one or more input devices and a display: playing first media content; while playing the first media content, and in accordance with a determination that a playhead position that corresponds to the first media content is within a threshold amount of time of an end of the first media content, initiating presenting of a transition effect from the first media content to second media content, different from the first media content, wherein: in accordance with a determination that the second media content has one or more first characteristics, a duration of the transition effect is a first amount of time; and in accordance with a determination that the second media content has one or more second characteristics, different from the one or more first characteristics, the duration is a second amount of time, different from the first amount of time.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- USER INTERFACES FOR GENERATING COLLECTIONS OF MEDIA CONTENT
- Publication number
- US20260270530A1
- Application number
- 19629398
- Filed
- Mar 26, 2026
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 11
Classified under
H04N 21/8113 Electricity & electronicsH04N 21/47217 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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