User interfaces for recommending and consuming content on an electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11095946-B2
Application number	US-201816146547-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2018
Priority date	May 7, 2018
Publication date	Aug 17, 2021
Grant date	Aug 17, 2021

Abstract

In some embodiments, an electronic device presents information about, and facilitates consumption of, content in a content delivery application, including utilizing content consumption activities of the user's friends to do so. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates presentation of a friends content mix corresponding to content selected based on content consumption activity of one or more friends of a user of the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates presentation of a plurality of content items included in the friends content mix that includes a representation of a first content item of the plurality of content items displayed in association with a representation of a first friend, of the one or more friends of the user, that is associated with the first content item.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
at an electronic device in communication with a display and one or more input devices:
while one or more criteria for generation of a friends content mix are not satisfied and the friends content mix is not generated, wherein the one or more criteria require that the user has at least a threshold number of friends, and wherein the friends content mix is a collection of a plurality of content items selected based on content consumption activity of one or more friends of a user of the electronic device:
displaying, on the display, a selectable affordance for initiating one or more processes for satisfying the one or more criteria for generation of the friends content mix;
receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a selection of the selectable affordance for initiating the one or more processes for satisfying the one or more criteria for generation of the friends content mix; and
in response to receiving the input corresponding to the selection of the selectable affordance, initiating the one or more processes for satisfying the one or more criteria for generation of the friends content mix,

after initiating the one or more processes for satisfying the one or more criteria for generation of the friends content mix and in accordance with a determination that the one or more criteria for generation of the friends content mix are satisfied, concurrently displaying, on the display:
a representation of the friends content mix; and
a representation of a second content mix corresponding to content selected based on criteria different than the content consumption activity of the one or more friends of the user;

while displaying the representation of the friends content mix, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a selection of the representation of the friends content mix; and
in response to receiving the input, displaying, on the display, the plurality of representations of content items included in the friends content mix including:
a representation of a first content item of the plurality of content items displayed in association with a representation of a first friend, of the one or more friends of the user, that is associated with the first content item; and
a representation of a second content item of the plurality of content items displayed in association with a representation of a second friend, of the one or more friends of the user, that is associated with the second content item.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the user has the one or more friends within a first friend collection corresponding to the user interface,
the user has second one or more friends, different than the one or more friends, within a second friend collection not corresponding to the user interface, and
the friends content mix includes content selected based on the content consumption activity of the one or more friends within the first friend collection and not based on content consumption activity of the second one or more friends within the second friend collection.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
while concurrently displaying the representation of the friends content mix and the representation of the second content mix, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a selection of the representation of the second content mix corresponding to content selected based on criteria different than the content consumption activity of the one or more friends of the user; and
in response to receiving the input corresponding to the selection of the representation of the second content mix, displaying, on the display, a plurality of representations of content items included in the second content mix without displaying representations of friends associated with the content items.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the representation of the first content item of the plurality of content items displayed in association with the representation of the first friend comprises artwork corresponding to the first content item overlaid with a visual indication of the first friend, and
the representation of the second content item of the plurality of content items displayed in association with the representation of the second friend comprises artwork corresponding to the second content item overlaid with a visual indication of the second friend.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the first friend and a third friend, of the one or more friends of the user, consumed the first content item,
the second friend and a fourth friend, of the one or more friends of the user, consumed the second content item,
the representation of the first content item of the plurality of content items is displayed in association with the representation of the first friend and not in association with a representation of the third friend, and
the representation of the second content item of the plurality of content items is displayed in association with the representation of the second friend and not in association with a representation of the fourth friend.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processes for satisfying the one or more criteria for generation of the friends content mix includes a process to send one or more friends requests to one or more individuals.

7. An electronic device, comprising:
one or more processors;
memory; 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:
while one or more criteria for generation of a friends content mix are not satisfied and the friends content mix is not generated, wherein the one or more criteria require that the user has at least a threshold number of friends, and wherein the friends content mix is a collection of a plurality of content items selected based on content consumption activity of one or more friends of a user of the electronic device:
displaying, on the display, a selectable affordance for initiating one or more processes for satisfying the one or more criteria for generation of the friends content mix;
receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a selection of the selectable affordance for initiating the one or more processes for satisfying the one or more criteria for generation of the friends content mix; and
in response to receiving the input corresponding to the selection of the selectable affordance, initiating the one or more processes for satisfying the one or more criteria for generation of the friends content mix;

after initiating the one or more processes for satisfying the one or more criteria for generation of the friends content mix and in accordance with a determination that the one or more criteria for generation of the friends content mix are satisfied:
concurrently displaying, on the display:
a representation of the friends content mix; and
a representation of a second content mix corresponding to content selected based on criteria different than the content consumption activity of the one or more friends of the user;

while displaying the representation of the friends content mix, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a selection of the representation of the friends content mix; and
in response to receiving the input, displaying, on the display, the plurality of representations of content items included in the friends content mix including:
a representation of a first content item of the plurality of content items displayed in association with a representation of a first friend, of the one or more friends of the user, that is associated with the first con

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Domm Drew R
• Lindholm Erik
• Vinna Fredric
• Schöberl Uli M
• Cielak Matthew J

Classifications

• G06F3/0481 Primary

  based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance · CPC title

• H04N21/4532

  involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences (monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18) · CPC title

• H04N21/44222

  Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programmes or purchase activity (monitoring of user selections in data processing systems G06F11/34; arrangements for monitoring the user's behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33) · CPC title

• G06F3/048 Primary

  Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] · CPC title

• G06F3/0482 Primary

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