Device, method, and graphical user interface for presenting representations of media containers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12056342-B2
Application number	US-202117559459-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2021
Priority date	Jun 2, 2017
Publication date	Aug 6, 2024
Grant date	Aug 6, 2024

Abstract

A device receives a request to enroll in music sharing. After receiving the request, the device displays an enrollment user interface that includes concurrently displaying representations of a plurality of playlists created by a first user and privacy settings for the plurality of playlists. The privacy settings have default values. The enrollment user interface includes a first affordance that corresponds to a first playlist of the plurality of playlists, and a second affordance that corresponds to a second playlist of the plurality of playlists. The device receives one or more user inputs changing the privacy settings from corresponding default privacy settings to user-specified privacy settings. After completing enrollment, the device provides access to the plurality of playlists of the first user to other users with a predetermined relationship to the first user based on the privacy settings for the plurality of playlists.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
at a device including a display and one or more input devices:
displaying, on the display, a media engagement user interface that includes a plurality of representations of containers of media items for which a first user has met engagement criteria, wherein engagement of the first user with the plurality of containers of media items are visible to other users that have a predetermined relationship to the first user, wherein displaying the media engagement user interface includes concurrently displaying, on the display:
a representation of a first media container; and
a representation of a second media container;

while displaying the media engagement user interface, displaying, on the display, an engagement indicator relative to the first media container indicating that the first user is currently listening to the first media container;
detecting, via the one or more input devices, a sequence of one or more inputs that corresponds to a request to hide the engagement indicator indicating that the first user is currently listening to the first media container, wherein the request to hide the engagement indicator selects a hide affordance displayed within the media engagement user interface, and wherein the hide affordance is associated with the first media container currently being listened to by the first user; and
in response to detecting, via the one or more input devices, the sequence of one or more inputs that corresponds to the request that selects the hide affordance to hide the engagement indicator indicating that the first user with is currently listening to the first media container, changing an appearance of the representation of the first media container without changing the appearance of the representation of the second media container, wherein the change to the representation of the first media container includes not displaying the engagement indicator relative to the first media container to other users with the predetermined relationship to the first user.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of representations of containers of media items are displayed in a user profile section of the media engagement user interface.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of representations of containers of media items are displayed in a recommendation module of the media engagement user interface.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of representations of containers of media items are ordered based on one or more of frequency of engagement and recency of engagement.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
after not displaying the engagement indicator relative to the first media container to other users with the predetermined relationship to the first user:
detecting subsequent engagement of the first user with one or more of the containers of media items; and
in response to detecting the subsequent engagement of the first user with the one or more containers of media items, updating an order of the plurality of representations of containers of media items based on one or more of frequency of engagement and recency of engagement.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
after not displaying the engagement indicator relative to the first media container to other users with the predetermined relationship to the first user:
detecting engagement of the first user with the first media container; and
after detecting the engagement of the first user with the first media container, maintaining the change to the representation of the first media container indicating that the engagement of the first user with the media container remains hidden from view by the other users with the predetermined relationship to the first user.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more media items in the first media container include one or more of playlists, albums, radio stations and individual music items.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of representations of containers of media items are displayed in a module of a profile page for the first user, wherein the module indicates media items that the first user is listening to.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
presenting at least one of the plurality of containers of media items as a media recommendation to at least one of the other users with whom the first user has the predetermined relationship.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
after not displaying the engagement indicator relative to the first media container to other users with the predetermined relationship to the first user:
forgoing presenting the first media container as the media recommendation to the at least one of the other users with whom the first user has the predetermined relationship.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more media items in the first media container includes a plurality of media items, and wherein the engagement of the first user with each of the plurality of media items is hidden from view by the other users with the predetermined relationship to the first user.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, via the one or more input devices, a user input on the representation of the first media container; and
displaying, on the display, a menu including affordances that, when activated, trigger respective user interface operations.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the menu is an overlay, and wherein the user interface operations triggered by the affordances include one or more of hiding the representation of the first media container, adding the first media container to a library, adding the first media container to a playlist, sharing the first media container, and playing a media item from the first media container.

14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying, on the display, a privacy setting affordance; and
wherein the sequence of one or more inputs is detected at a location that corresponds to the privacy setting affordance.

15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
after not displaying the engagement indicator relative to the first media container to other users with the predetermined relationship to the first user:
forgoing display of the representation of the first media container on a public version of a profile page for the first user, wherein the public version of the profile page is visible to the other users that have the predetermined relationship with the first user; and
maintaining display of the changed representation of the first media container on a private version of the profile page for the first user, wherein the private version of the profile page is only visible to the first user.

16. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
after not displaying the engagement indicator relative to the first media container to other users with the predetermined relationship to the first user:
receiving, via the one or more input devices, a request to unhide the engagement of the first user with the first media container; and
in response to receiving the request to unhide the engagement, reverting the change in the appearance of the representation of the first media container wherein the change to the appearance of the representation of the first media container indicates that the engagement of the first user with the first media container is no longer hidden from view by the other users with the predetermined relationship to the first user.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sequence of the one or more inputs includes a first inp

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Morag Ofer

Classifications

• G06F16/635 Primary

  Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles · CPC title

• G06F21/604

  Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems · CPC title

• G06F3/0485

  Scrolling or panning · CPC title

• G06F16/9536

  Search customisation based on social or collaborative filtering · CPC title

• G06F16/639

  using playlists · CPC title