User interfaces for navigating and playing content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10120531-B2
Application number	US-201615017530-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 5, 2016
Priority date	Sep 8, 2015
Publication date	Nov 6, 2018
Grant date	Nov 6, 2018

Abstract

In some embodiments, a first electronic device, during a playlist mode, displays a plurality of representations of content items available on the first electronic device. While in the playlist mode, the first electronic device optionally receives a first input, via one or more input devices, selecting a respective representation of a respective content item from the plurality of representations of content items. In response to receiving the first input, in accordance with a determination that the respective content item was playing on the first electronic device when the first input was received, the first electronic device optionally transitions to a now playing mode. In accordance with a determination that the respective content item was not playing on the first electronic device when the first input was received, the first electronic device optionally plays the respective content item on the first electronic device while remaining in the playlist mode.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A first electronic device, comprising:
one or more processors;
memory;
a display;
one or more input devices; and
one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
during a playlist mode of the first electronic device, displaying, on the display, a plurality of representations of content items available on the first electronic device;
while in the playlist mode, receiving a first input, via the one or more input devices, selecting a respective representation of a respective content item from the plurality of representations of content items; and
in response to receiving the first input:
in accordance with a determination that the respective content item was playing on the first electronic device when the first input was received, transitioning to a now playing mode of the first electronic device, including:
maintaining the display of the respective representation of the respective content item on the display; and
ceasing the display of the representations of content items other than the respective representation of the respective content item on the display; and

in accordance with a determination that the respective content item was not playing on the first electronic device when the first input was received, playing the respective content item on the first electronic device while remaining in the playlist mode of the first electronic device.

2. The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:
after determining that the respective content item was not playing on the first electronic device when the first input was received and while playing the respective content item on the first electronic device in the playlist mode of the first electronic device in response to receiving the first input, receiving a second input, via the one or more input devices, selecting the respective representation of the respective content item; and
in response to receiving the second input, transitioning to the now playing mode of the first electronic device, including:
maintaining the display of the respective representation of the respective content item on the display; and
ceasing the display of the representations of content items other than the respective representation of the respective content item on the display.

3. The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:
while the respective content item is playing on the first electronic device, receiving a second input comprising a swipe input detected at a touch-sensitive surface of the one or more input devices; and
in response to receiving the second input:
in accordance with a determination that the first electronic device was in the playlist mode when the second input was received, scrolling through the plurality of representations of content items in accordance with the swipe input; and
in accordance with a determination that the first electronic device was in the now playing mode when the second input was received, scrubbing through the respective content item in accordance with the swipe input.

4. The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:
after receiving the first input and while the respective content item is playing in the playlist mode of the first electronic device, receiving a second input comprising a swipe input detected at a touch-sensitive surface of the one or more input devices; and
in response to receiving the second input:
in accordance with a determination that the second input comprises navigation to a scrubber bar before the swipe input, scrubbing through the respective content item in accordance with the swipe input; and
in accordance with a determination that the second input does not comprise the navigation to the scrubber bar before the swipe input, scrolling through the plurality of representations of content items in accordance with the swipe input.

5. The first electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:
in accordance with the determination that the second input comprises the navigation to the scrubber bar before the swipe input, and while the scrubber bar has a current focus, receiving a third input at the touch-sensitive surface of the one or more input devices, the third input comprising a contact having an intensity greater than an intensity threshold detected in a first or a second predefined region of the touch-sensitive surface; and
in response to receiving the third input:
in accordance with a determination that the intensity of the contact is greater than the intensity threshold for less than a time threshold, skipping through the respective content item by a predetermined amount in accordance with whether the contact was detected in the first or the second predefined region of the touch-sensitive surface; and
in accordance with a determination that the intensity of the contact is greater than the intensity threshold for greater than the time threshold, skipping through the respective content item until the intensity of the contact falls below the intensity threshold in accordance with whether the contact was detected in the first or the second predefined region of the touch-sensitive surface.

6. The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:
after receiving the first input and while the respective content item is playing in the playlist mode of the first electronic device, receiving a second input comprising a contact detected in a predefined region of a touch-sensitive surface of the one or more input devices; and
in response to receiving the second input:
in accordance with a determination that a scrubber bar had current focus when the second input was received, toggling between playing and pausing the respective content item in accordance with the second input; and
in accordance with a determination that the scrubber bar did not have the current focus when the second input was received, forgoing toggling between playing and pausing the respective content item.

7. The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:
after receiving the first input and while in the playlist mode of the first electronic device, making a first determination that a predetermined amount of time has elapsed without receiving input at the one or more input devices; and
in response to the first determination:
in accordance with a second determination that a content item was playing at the first electronic device when the first determination was made, transitioning to the now playing mode of the first electronic device, including displaying a representation of the playing content item on the display and ceasing the display of the representations of content items other than the representation of the playing content item on the display; and
in accordance with a third determination that a content item was not playing when the first determination was made, forgoing transitioning to the now playing mode of the first electronic device.

8. The first electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:
after making the first determination that the predetermined amount of time has elapsed without receiving input at the one or more input devices and while playing the playing content item in the now playing mode of the first electronic device, determining that at least one of the input devices has been picke

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Lochhead Jonathan
• Howard Joe
• Robbin Jeffrey L
• Bachman William
• Keighran Benjamin W
• Chen Elbert D
• Folse Jennifer L C

Classifications

• H04N21/41407

  embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop (constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57) · CPC title

• G06F3/04847 Primary

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title

• G06F3/0482 Primary

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G11B27/102

  Programmed access in sequence to addressed parts of tracks of operating record carriers (access by moving the head G11B3/08, G11B5/54, G11B7/085, G11B21/022; by moving the record carrier G11B15/005, G11B17/005, by driving of both record carrier and head G11B15/1816) · CPC title

• H04N21/47217

  for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks (specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312) · CPC title