公开(公告)号：US12135823B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-05

申请号：US17589891

申请日：2022-01-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Betim Deva ,  Mufaddal Y. Khumri ,  Ying Chen ,  Jason P. Ketterman ,  Zhiyuan Zhao ,  Edward T. Schmidt

IPC: G06F21/62 ,  G06F21/33 ,  H04M1/72442 ,  H04M1/72454 ,  H04M1/72463 ,  G06F21/10

Abstract: The subject disclosure provides systems and methods for providing access to media content from a server based on a user interface of a client device through which the access is requested. A user may access certain media content, such as a song, album, playlist, a radio station, etc., only if a request for that content is initiated via a specific user interface, and when the user is a subscriber to a reduced subscription tier to a service of the server. To restrict the access in this way, an interface-specific token is generated at a server for each media content. The interface-specific token is received by a user device and is used for further access to the media content from the server.

公开(公告)号：US11706169B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-18

申请号：US17657311

申请日：2022-03-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Betim Deva ,  Catarina Peres Coelho Borges ,  Szu-Wen Huang ,  Mufaddal Y. Khumri ,  Edward Zhang

IPC: H04L51/046 ,  G06F16/955 ,  G06F16/683 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04L51/10 ,  H04W4/30 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  H04W4/12

CPC classification number: H04L51/046 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F16/685 ,  G06F16/955 ,  H04L9/3247 ,  H04L51/10 ,  H04W4/12 ,  H04W4/30

Abstract: In some embodiments, a first electronic device shares a portion of a content item corresponding to a respective portion of lyrics for the content item with a second electronic device. In some embodiments, a system facilitates securely sharing a portion of a content item between two devices. In some embodiments, an electronic device generates a server address for accessing a portion of a content item. In some embodiments, a uniform resource locator includes an identification of content, an indication of a first subset of the content, and authentication data.

公开(公告)号：US11343166B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-24

申请号：US17182124

申请日：2021-02-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hiren R. Kotadia ,  Mufaddal Y. Khumri ,  Jordan L. Redner ,  Lawrence W. Chang ,  Tom M. Kim

IPC: H04L43/0817 ,  H04L43/091 ,  G06F9/54 ,  H04L47/70 ,  H04L43/12 ,  H04L61/4511 ,  H04L67/1008 ,  H04L67/1001 ,  H04L41/5009 ,  H04L43/0805 ,  H04L43/04 ,  H04L41/14 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04L67/75 ,  H04L43/022 ,  H04L43/0823 ,  H04L67/133 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L43/08 ,  H04L43/02 ,  H04L41/0893 ,  H04L41/046 ,  H04L43/16

Abstract: This application sets forth various techniques for monitoring a status of a service. According to some embodiments, a DNS server can implement a health check engine that monitors the status of the service in order to implement round-robin DNS among a plurality of availability zones. Each service instance for the service can include a monitoring agent configured to (1) monitor the status of the service instance, and (2) respond to health check messages received from the health check engine. The monitoring agent can also be configured to (1) collect statistics associated with one or more service dependencies of the service instance during a tracking window, (2) calculate at least one ratio based on the statistics collected during the tracking window, and (3) generate the status of the service instance by comparing the at least one ratio to a threshold value.

公开(公告)号：US20140249906A1

公开(公告)日：2014-09-04

申请号：US13783093

申请日：2013-03-01

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Farman A. Syed ,  Tara Uyeyama ,  David Neumann ,  Alan Yu ,  Mike H. Schrag ,  David Makower ,  Taylor Gerard Carrigan ,  Timothy Lester Parthemore ,  Tracy Pirnack ,  Jill Harwell ,  Jay Liepis ,  Jonathan B. Leffert ,  Elizabeth Trumbull ,  Jonathan M. Lee ,  Mufaddal Y. Khumri

IPC: G06Q30/02

CPC classification number: G06Q30/0207

Abstract: Fulfilling a pre-order for a collection of media items in an online store and enforcing one or more pricing schemes which adjust the price charged for the collection of media items purchased as a pre-order.

Abstract translation: 完成在线商店中媒体项目集合的预订，并执行一个或多个定价方案，调整收取作为预订购买的媒体项目收取的费用。

公开(公告)号：US12041051B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-16

申请号：US18085430

申请日：2022-12-20

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Daniel Chu ,  Fabio Sozzani ,  Ying Chen ,  Betim Deva ,  Mufaddal Y. Khumri

IPC: H04L9/40 ,  H04L9/32

CPC classification number: H04L63/10 ,  H04L9/3213 ,  H04L9/3247

Abstract: A service client on a device can generate an access control identifier using a server seeded and client-specific secret. The device can generate a blinded access control identifier (ACI) using a randomness factor as part of a request message for a blinded ACI signature including authentication data. The device can transmit the request message to a verification server and upon verification receive a blinded ACI signature message that can subsequently be unblinded using the randomness factor to obtain the ACI signature. The device may send the ACI and the ACI signature to a verification server and after verifying the signature receive a service token. The device may transmit the service token to a service provider server requesting access to the service. When a rate associated with the service token is below a threshold rate, the device can access the service provided by the service provider service.

公开(公告)号：US20230396619A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-07

申请号：US18085430

申请日：2022-12-20

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Daniel Chu ,  Fabio Sozzani ,  Ying Chen ,  Betim Deva ,  Mufaddal Y. Khumri

IPC: H04L9/40 ,  H04L9/32

CPC classification number: H04L63/10 ,  H04L9/3213 ,  H04L9/3247

Abstract: A service client on a device can generate an access control identifier using a server seeded and client-specific secret. The device can generate a blinded access control identifier (ACI) using a randomness factor as part of a request message for a blinded ACI signature including authentication data. The device can transmit the request message to a verification server and upon verification receive a blinded ACI signature message that can subsequently be unblinded using the randomness factor to obtain the ACI signature. The device may send the ACI and the ACI signature to a verification server and after verifying the signature receive a service token. The device may transmit the service token to a service provider server requesting access to the service. When a rate associated with the service token is below a threshold rate, the device can access the service provided by the service provider service.

公开(公告)号：US10938696B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-02

申请号：US15962885

申请日：2018-04-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hiren R. Kotadia ,  Mufaddal Y. Khumri ,  Jordan L. Redner ,  Lawrence W. Chang ,  Tom M. Kim

IPC: H04L12/26 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/12

Abstract: This application sets forth various techniques for monitoring a status of a service. According to some embodiments, a DNS server can implement a health check engine that monitors the status of the service in order to implement round-robin DNS among a plurality of availability zones. Each service instance for the service can include a monitoring agent configured to (1) monitor the status of the service instance, and (2) respond to health check messages received from the health check engine. The monitoring agent can also be configured to (1) collect statistics associated with one or more service dependencies of the service instance during a tracking window, (2) calculate at least one ratio based on the statistics collected during the tracking window, and (3) generate the status of the service instance by comparing the at least one ratio to a threshold value.

公开(公告)号：US20140249965A1

公开(公告)日：2014-09-04

申请号：US13783099

申请日：2013-03-01

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Farman A. Syed ,  Tara Uyeyama ,  David Neumann ,  Alan Yu ,  Michael H. Schrag ,  David Makower ,  Tracy Pirnack ,  Jill Harwell ,  Jay Liepis ,  Jonathan B. Leffert ,  Elizabeth Trumbull ,  Jonathan M. Lee ,  Mufaddal Y. Khumri

IPC: G06Q30/06

CPC classification number: G06Q30/0635

Abstract: Fulfilling a pre-order for a collection of media items in an online store, enforcing one or more pricing schemes which adjust the price charged for the collection of media items purchased as a pre-order, and managing changes to a pre-order campaign as they are received from a media publisher.

Abstract translation: 在线商店中收集媒体项目的预订，执行一个或多个定价方案，调整收取作为预订购买的媒体项目收取的费用，并将预订广告系列的更改管理为 他们是从媒体出版商收到的。