User interfaces and associated systems and processes for controlling playback of content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024397158-A1
Application number	US-202418791287-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 31, 2024
Priority date	Jun 6, 2021
Publication date	Nov 28, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

In some embodiments, an electronic device presents a user interface for controlling the playback of content items. In some embodiments, the user interface includes a plurality of selectable options for controlling playback of a respective content item overlaid on the content item. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents a user interface for browsing and switching between content items available for playback.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method comprising:
at an electronic device in communication with a display generation component and one or more input devices:
while presenting a content item of a respective content type, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input; and
in response to receiving the input, concurrently displaying:
in accordance with a determination that the respective content type is a first type:
one or more first playback control elements corresponding to the first content type; and
a first option corresponding to first content corresponding to the first content type; and

in accordance with a determination that the respective content type is a second content type, different from the first content type:
one or more second playback control elements corresponding to the second content type, and different from the one or more first playback control elements; and
a second option corresponding to second content, different from the first content, corresponding to the second content type.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
in accordance with the determination that the respective content type is the first content type, the first content corresponding to the first content type includes second content items in a playback queue associated with a user of the electronic device.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to receiving the input, concurrently displaying a third option corresponding to information about the content item.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
while displaying the third option corresponding to the information about the content item, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input directed to the third option; and in response to receiving the input directed to the third option, concurrently displaying, with the one or more first playback control elements or the one or more second playback control elements, a fourth option that is selectable to play the content item from a beginning of the content item, and a fifth option that is selectable to display a user interface associated with the content item that includes additional information associated with the content item.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the content item is a first episode in a series of episodic content, and in accordance with the determination that the respective content type is the first content type, the first content corresponding to the first content type includes second content items that are episodes in the series of episodic content, including a second episode, different from the first episode, in the series of episodic content.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the respective content type is the first content type, the method further comprising:
while displaying the first option, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input directed to the first option; and in response to receiving the input directed to the first option, concurrently displaying, with the one or more first playback control elements:
representations of the second content items that are episodes in the series of episodic content, wherein a first representation of a first respective second content item to which current focus of the electronic device is not directed is displayed without an indication of information associated with the first respective second content item, and a second representation of a second respective second content item to which current focus of the electronic device is directed is displayed with an indication of information associated with the second respective second content item.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the respective content type is live content, the method further comprising:
while presenting the content item:
receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to rewind the content item by a respective amount; and
in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to rewind the content:
in accordance with a determination that the respective amount is less than a threshold, rewinding the content by the respective amount; and
in accordance with a determination that the respective amount is greater than the threshold, forgoing rewinding the content by the respective amount.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first content type is live content, and the one or more first playback control elements include:
a scrubber bar including a first region corresponding to earlier playback positions in the content item to which rewinding is not available, a second region corresponding to earlier playback positions in the content item to which rewinding is available, and a third region corresponding to future playback positions of the content item.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to the input, displaying:
in accordance with a determination that the respective content type is live content, in accordance with a determination that skipping a playback position within the content item is not available:
a scrubber bar including a first region corresponding to playback positions of the content item before a current playback position of the content item, and a second region corresponding to playback positions of the content item after the current playback position of the content item, wherein the first region of the scrubber bar and the second region of the scrubber bar are displayed with a same visual style.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
while displaying a respective playback control element corresponding to the respective content item:
in accordance with a determination that a friend of a user of the electronic device has consumed a portion of the content item, the respective playback control element includes a first visual indication of a current playback position of the content item associated with the portion of the content item consumed by the friend, including a graphical representation of the friend.

11 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
while displaying the respective playback control element including the first visual indication of the current playback position of the content item associated with the friend, including the graphical representation of the friend, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a sequence of one or more inputs directed to the respective playback control element, including an input directed to the first visual indication of the current playback position of the content item associated with the portion of the content item consumed by the friend; and in response to receiving the sequence of one or more inputs:
ceasing display of the first visual indication of the current playback position of the content item associated with the portion of the content item consumed by the friend, including the graphical representation of the friend; and
displaying, in association with the respective playback control element, a second visual indication of the current playback position of the content item associated with the portion of the content item consumed by the friend without including the graphical representation of the friend.

12 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
while displaying the respective playback control element including the first visual indication of the current playback position of the content item associated with the portion of the content item consumed by the friend, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input directed to the first visual indication of the current playback position of the content item associated with the portion of the content item consumed by the friend; and in response to receiving the input

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Tan-Ang Jeff
• Ellingford Christopher J
• Sanders Christopher J
• Sart Dila
• Arnold Justin K
• Gaussoin Justin D
• Sandlow Kevin M
• Moreno Rufo Lucio
• Cormican Neil P
• Wood Policarpo B
• Kim Yonghyun A

Classifications

• H04N21/8133

  specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video programme · CPC title

• H04N21/482

  End-user interface for programme selection · CPC title

• H04N21/4622

  Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet (web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859) · CPC title

• H04N21/4316

  for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window · CPC title

• H04N21/2187

  Live feed · CPC title