Apple Inc.

Shaun C Lind

Jeffrey L Robbin

William Martin Bachman

Monika E Gromek

Steve Saro Gedikian

Ofer Morag

Taylor Gerard Carrigan

Thomas M Alsina

Brendon Elias Manwaring

Michael Trent Reznor

Ryan D Walsh

Justin G Wismer

Alexander C D Fringes

Users who are experiencing a shared content stream can exchange messages. Each user device can present a graphical user interface that includes controls to interact with a shared content stream being received and presented at the user device; a control to begin composing a message to other users who are receiving the shared content stream, and a display area to display previously received messages associated with the shared content stream. A message can be associated with a shared content stream, e.g., by providing a tag that identifies the content being played at the time the message was sent.

Shared content presentation with integrated messaging

A streaming media service can permit artists or other users to create and upload 'posts' to the service. Posts can include text, references to content items in the catalog of the streaming media service, and/or non-catalog media content items that are created by the artist and uploaded as part of the post. Posts can be presented to users as they browse the catalog of the streaming media service and/or in a dedicated feed. The rendering of a post on a user device can include graphical user interface controls that allow the user to access content items referenced by or included in the post.

Social interaction in a media streaming service

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Shaun C Lind