MULTI-USER TV USER INTERFACE
    34.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220413796A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-29

    申请号:US17654578

    申请日:2022-03-11

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Systems and methods for a media content system. A media content provider includes storage for storing and serving video content to subscribers. The media content provider records and or otherwise stores video content from around the world. The system includes display devices configured to identify and tailor content to multiple individual users. Each user may have individual settings which provide for a customized viewing environment and experience. The system is configured to identify users of the system in order to tailor the content as appropriate. In addition, identification of users allows for the identification of the subscription content that corresponds to the user. Based upon identification of a user and corresponding subscription, the user's subscription content may be streamed to any location. In this manner, the users subscribed content may follow the user from home to a friend's house, or elsewhere.

    REPLACING DISPLAY OF ICONS IN RESPONSE TO A GESTURE

    公开(公告)号:US20200225843A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-16

    申请号:US16832285

    申请日:2020-03-27

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: In one aspect of the invention, a computer-implemented method at a computing device with a touch screen display includes: displaying a first set of a first plurality of icons in a first area of the touch screen display, wherein the first plurality of icons includes a plurality of sets of icons that are separately displayed in the first area of the touch screen display; displaying a second plurality of icons in a second area on the touch screen display, wherein the second area is different from the first area; detecting a first finger gesture on the touch screen display; in response to detecting the first finger gesture, initiating a user interface reconfiguration process, and varying positions of one or more icons in the first set of the first plurality of icons about respective average positions.

    AGNOSTIC MEDIA DELIVERY SYSTEM
    39.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180295403A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-11

    申请号:US16010280

    申请日:2018-06-15

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Systems and methods for a media content delivery service. A media content provider includes a data store for storing and serving media content to subscribers. The media content provider continually records and or otherwise stores video and audio content from around the world. Stored content will generally correspond to a large number of other media content providers, such as cable television operators, Internet based media content providers, television networks, and so on. Subscribers to the media provider interact with the media content provider via hardware and/or software mechanisms either provided by the media content provider or conforming to specifications of the media content provider. Based on these subscriber's subscriptions to the other content providers, the subscribers will have viewing, listening, or application execution privileges for content maintained in the data store. Content of a subscriber corresponding to multiple video content providers is maintained and served by a single provider.

    Method and Apparatus for Displaying Information During an Instant Messaging Session

    公开(公告)号:US20180191646A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-05

    申请号:US15714783

    申请日:2017-09-25

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04L51/04 G06Q10/107

    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided for controlling a graphical user interface to display information related to a communication session. Information relating to data produced by a first participant to the communication session is displayed on a first display unit, wherein the information produced by the first participant is displayed at a first position on the first display unit. Data is received from a second participant to the communication session, and information relating to the data received from the second participant is displayed on the first display unit, wherein the information received from the second participant is displayed at a second position on the first display unit. The first and second positions are horizontally spaced apart.

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