User interfaces for viewing and accessing content on an electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024302952-A1
Application number	US-202418665420-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 15, 2024
Priority date	Mar 24, 2019
Publication date	Sep 12, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of items of content available for playback on the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents selectable options for playing an item of content in accordance with the manners in which the item of content is available to be played on the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of episodes in a series of episodic content. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents an enhanced preview of content. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents a control panel. In some embodiments, an electronic device switches the active user profile of a device. In some embodiments, an electronic device enters into a picture-in-picture mode.

First claim

1 . A method comprising:
at an electronic device in communication with a display device and one or more input devices:
while displaying, via the display device, a user interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an indication of a contact detected on a touch-sensitive surface of a remote control device for the electronic device;
in response to receiving the indication of the contact detected on the touch-sensitive surface of the remote control device, in accordance with a determination that the user interface comprises a content playback user interface, displaying, in the user interface, a selectable option for displaying the user interface as an overlay over another user interface;
receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input selecting the selectable option for displaying the user interface as the overlay over another user interface; and
in response to receiving the input selecting the selectable option, displaying, via the display device, the user interface as the overlay over the other user interface.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the user interface was displayed in response to an input that was received, via the one or more input devices, when a respective user interface was displayed via the display device, and the other user interface is the respective user interface.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to receiving the indication of the contact detected on the touch-sensitive surface of the remote control device, in accordance with a determination that the user interface does not comprise a content playback user interface, forgoing displaying, in the user interface, the selectable option for displaying the user interface as an overlay over another user interface.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying, via the display device, the user interface as the overlay over the other user interface includes displaying the user interface as the overlay without displaying one or more selectable options for interacting with the overlay.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to receiving the indication of the contact detected on the touch-sensitive surface of the remote control device, in accordance with the determination that the user interface comprises a content playback user interface, displaying, in the user interface, a scrubber bar for scrubbing through content being played in the content playback user interface.

6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
while displaying, in the user interface, the scrubber bar and the selectable option for displaying the user interface as an overlay over another user interface, and while the selectable option does not have a current focus, detecting, via the remote control device, an input including a contact having an intensity greater than an intensity threshold in the touch-sensitive surface of the remote control device; and in response to detecting the input including the contact having the intensity greater than the intensity threshold in the touch-sensitive surface of the remote control device, initiating a scrubbing mode for scrubbing through the content being played in the content playback user interface without displaying, via the display device, the user interface as the overlay over the other user interface.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
while the user interface is displayed as the overlay over playing content, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an indication of a second contact detected on the touch-sensitive surface of the remote control device; and in response to receiving the indication of the second contact detected on the touch-sensitive surface of the remote control device:
displaying, overlaid on the playing content, a scrubber bar for scrubbing through the playing content; and
displaying, overlaid on the user interface that is displayed as the overlay over the playing content, one or more selectable options that are selectable to interact with the user interface that is displayed as the overlay over the playing content.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein displaying the scrubber bar for scrubbing through the playing content comprises displaying the scrubber bar without displaying a selectable option for displaying the playing content as an overlay over another user interface.

9 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
while the selectable options that are selectable to interact with the user interface do not have a current focus, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an indication of a directional input detected at the touch-sensitive surface of the remote control device; and in response to receiving the indication of the directional input detected at the touch-sensitive surface of the remote control device, updating a respective selectable option of the one or more selectable options that are selectable to interact with the user interface that is displayed as the overlay over the playing content to have the current focus.

10 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
while the selectable options that are selectable to interact with the user interface do not have a current focus, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an indication of a contact having an intensity greater than an intensity threshold detected at the touch-sensitive surface of the remote control device; and in response to receiving the indication of the contact having the intensity greater than the intensity threshold detected at the touch-sensitive surface of the remote control device, initiating a scrubbing mode for scrubbing through the playing content.

11 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
while the user interface is displayed as the overlay over the other user interface, wherein the overlay is displayed over a first location in the other user interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to move a current focus in the other user interface to a second location in the other user interface; and in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to move the current focus in the other user interface to the second location in the other user interface:
in accordance with a determination that the second location is within a threshold distance of the first location, moving the overlay to a third location over the other user interface; and
in accordance with a determination that the second location is not within the threshold distance of the first location, maintaining display of the overlay at the first location over the other user interface.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
while the current focus is at the second location in the other user interface and the overlay is displayed over the third location in other user interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to move the current focus in the other user interface to a fourth location in the other user interface; and in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to move the current focus in the other user interface to the fourth location in the other user interface:
in accordance with a determination that the fourth location is not within the threshold distance of the first location, moving the overlay back to the first location over the other user interface.

13 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
while the user interface is displayed as the overlay over the other user interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an indication of selection of a respective button on the remote control device; and in response to receiving the indication of t

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Wood Policarpo B
• Tan-Ang Jeff
• Ponson Florian M

Classifications

• G06F3/04883 Primary

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

• G06F3/0488 Primary

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

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

• G06F3/04817

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · 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