User interfaces for content applications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11675563-B2
Application number	US-201916584715-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 26, 2019
Priority date	Jun 1, 2019
Publication date	Jun 13, 2023
Grant date	Jun 13, 2023

Abstract

In some embodiments, an electronic device displays time-synced lyrics of content items playing on an electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays representations of content items in a playback sequence on an electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device shares an item of content with another user account of another electronic device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
at an electronic device in communication with a display device and one or more input devices:
while playing a content item, displaying, via the display device, time-synced lyrics corresponding to the content item, wherein displaying the time-synced lyrics corresponding to the content item includes displaying a respective portion of the lyrics that corresponds to a currently playing portion of the content item with a first visual characteristic that has a first value, different than a value of the first visual characteristic with which other portions of the lyrics are displayed, and updating the display of the lyrics to continue to display a respective portion of the lyrics that corresponds to the currently-playing portion of the content item with the first visual characteristic that has the first value as the content item continues playing;
while playing the content item and displaying the time-synced lyrics corresponding to the content item, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to scroll through the lyrics;
in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to scroll through the lyrics:
scrolling through the lyrics from a first respective portion of the lyrics to a second respective portion of the lyrics and displaying a visual indication of a playback position within the content item corresponding to the second respective portion of the lyrics while continuing to play the content item without skipping to a respective portion of the content item that corresponds to the second respective portion of the lyrics, wherein the visual indication of the playback position within the content item corresponding to the second respective portion of the lyrics is displayed proximate to the second respective portion of the lyrics; and
while scrolling through the lyrics, displaying, via the display device, a scrubber bar that indicates a playback position within the content item that corresponds to the currently playing portion of the content item, wherein the visual indication of the playback position within the content item corresponding to the second respective portion of the lyrics is independent from the scrubber bar;

receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input selecting the second respective portion of the lyrics; and
in response to receiving the input selecting the second respective portion of the lyrics, skipping to the respective portion of the content item that corresponds to the second respective portion of the lyrics and continuing playing the content item from the respective portion of the content item.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the time-synced lyrics corresponding to the content item while the content item is playing is in response to determining that a setting to display time-synced lyrics is enabled, the setting to display time-synced lyrics applying to a plurality of content items, including the content item, played on the electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the time-synced lyrics corresponding to the content item while the content item is playing is in response to determining that a setting to display time-synced lyrics for the content item is enabled, the setting to display time-synced lyrics for the content item not applying to other content items played on the electronic device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the time-synced lyrics includes forgoing display of portions of the lyrics prior to the respective portion of the lyrics that corresponds to the currently playing portion of the content item while the respective portion of the lyrics that corresponds to the currently playing portion of the content item is displayed.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to receiving a request to play a respective content item while displaying time-synced lyrics:
in accordance with a determination that time-synced lyrics are available for the respective content item:
playing the respective content item; and
while playing the respective content item, displaying, via the display device, the time-synced lyrics for the respective content item without displaying a scrubber bar for scrubbing through the respective content item; and

in accordance with a determination that time-synced lyrics are not available for the respective content item:
playing the respective content item; and
while playing the respective content item, displaying, via the display device, the scrubber bar for scrubbing through the respective content item without displaying the time-synced lyrics for the respective content item.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the time-synced lyrics includes forgoing display of portions of the lyrics prior to the respective portion of the lyrics that corresponds to the currently playing portion of the content item while the respective portion of the lyrics that corresponds to the currently playing portion of the content item is displayed, the method further comprising:
in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to scroll through the lyrics, displaying, via the display device, the portions of the lyrics prior to the respective portion of the lyrics that corresponds to the currently playing portion of the content item.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
in response to receiving the input selecting the second respective portion of the lyrics, ceasing to display the portions of the lyrics prior to the respective portion of the lyrics that corresponds to the currently playing portion of the content item.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
while playing the content item and displaying the time-synced lyrics corresponding to the content item, and while a third respective portion of the time-synced lyrics has a current focus, detecting, via a remote control device having a touch-sensitive surface, a contact in a respective region of the touch-sensitive surface having an intensity greater than an intensity threshold, the touch-sensitive surface having the respective region and a second respective region; and
in response to detecting the contact in the respective region of the touch-sensitive surface having the intensity greater than the intensity threshold:
in accordance with a determination that the third respective portion of the time-synced lyrics that has the current focus is a portion of the time-synced lyrics that corresponds to the currently-playing portion of the content item, pausing playback of the content item; and
in accordance with a determination that the third respective portion of the time-synced lyrics that has the current focus is a portion of the time-synced lyrics that does not correspond to the currently-playing portion of the content item, playing the content item from a portion of the content item that corresponds to the third respective portion of the time-synced lyrics.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
while not displaying the time-synced lyrics corresponding to the content item, entering a standby mode at the electronic device in response to standby criteria having been met; and
while displaying the time-synced lyrics corresponding to the content item, forgoing entering the standby mode at the device in response to the standby criteria having been met.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the visual indication of the playback position within the content item corresponding to the second respective portion of the lyrics is displayed at a respective location within a display area of the display device, and the method further comprises:
while playing the content item and displaying the time-synced lyrics corresponding t

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Won Agnes
• Lindholm Erik
• Domm Drew R
• Silver Adam

Classifications

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F3/165 Primary

  Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path · CPC title

• G10H2240/325

  Synchronizing two or more audio tracks or files according to musical features or musical timings · CPC title

• G10H1/368 Primary

  displaying animated or moving pictures synchronized with the music or audio part · CPC title

• G10H1/0008

  Associated control or indicating means · CPC title