Apple Inc.

Adobe Systems Inc.

William Martin Bachman

Jeffrey L Robbin

Joe Randall Howard

Jonathan Lochhead

Lynne Kress

Jennifer L C Folse

Benjamin W Keighran

Joshua K McGlinn

Monika E Gromek

Elbert D Chen

Marcel Van Os

Stephen Olivier Lemay

Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli

Taylor Gerard Carrigan

Jim Young

Graham R Clarke

Imran A Chaudhri

Jeffrey Ma

Patrick L Coffman

Gregory N Christie

Timothy Benjamin Martin

Ofer Morag

Henrique Dias Penha

Christopher John Sanders

Marcos Alonso Ruiz

Brendon Elias Manwaring

Alexander C D Fringes

Alan C Dye

Joseph Andrew Magnani

Colin Bennett

Grace H Hwang

Elizabeth Caroline Cranfill

Imran Chaudhri, Iii

Policarpo Bonilla Wood

Ryan S Dixon

Blake Seely

Alexander W Johnston

Justin T Voss

Matthew D Ricketson

Julian K Missig

Nicholas Zambetti

Dennis S Park

Nicole M Wells

Jeff Tan-Ang

Christopher I Wilson

Brian R Frick

Steve Saro Gedikian

Daniel Emil Pu

Michael John Nino

Gary Ian Butcher

Thomas M Alsina

Alan Cannistraro

Drew Rocky Domm

Alexandrea Anderson

Michael Neuman

Juliana Diaz Delgado

Jai Chulani

Matt Fukuda

Joshua Mc Glinn

Kory M Westerhold

Christopher Patrick Foss

Eric Lance Wilson

David Chance Graham

David Heller

Peter D Anton

Brian Andrew Schmitt

Cyrus Daniel Irani

Anne Jones

Gregg S Suzuki

Matt Evans

Tito Lloyd Balsamo

Matthew Joseph Cielak

Prashant J Desai

Jeff Ma

Brian K Shiraishi

Steve P Jobs

Aled Hywel Williams

Randy Ubillos

Gregory R Chapman

Timothy E Wasko

Nicholas James Paulson

Pavel Pivonka

Szu-Wen Huang

David P Saracino

Ronald Dennis Lue-Sang

Michael Trent Reznor

Eric S Lee

Parry Panesar

Steven P Bischoff

G Garrett Groszko

Jonathan P Ive

Wayne Carl Westerman

Richard D Lyons

Aled Williams

Joshua Fagans

Samuel Howard Bebbington

Gregory Charles Lindley

Robert H Kondrk

Matthew Fukuda

Eric Hanson

In some embodiments, an electronic device presents information about, and facilitates downloading of, featured applications in an app store application. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates browsing of applications and games by category. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates presentation of information about in-app purchases for a game or application in an app store application. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates the purchase of in-app purchases for the games or applications that are available on the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates the download/purchase of games, applications and/or in-app purchases from outside of an app store application that is for browsing such content available on the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device autoplays media content corresponding to applications (e.g., games, non-game applications, etc.) in an app store application so as to facilitate the ordered presentation of the media content to the user.

User interfaces for downloading applications on an electronic device

Systems and methods for a media content user interface. A media content provider includes storage for storing and serving video content to subscribers. The media content provider records and or otherwise stores video content from around the world. Subscribers are provided a user interface to the system that includes a channel bar. The channel bar is dynamically scoped responsive to interactions of a viewer with the system. Selectable elements within the channel bar provide direct access to related content regarding video content, such as television series information and cast information. In addition, the channel bar is operable in multiple modes. An EPG mode displays live video for multiple channels simultaneously. Themed modes permit channel bars that display content according to various themes which may be defined by a viewer, the provider, or both.

Channel bar user interface

An electronic device provides, to a display, while in a screensaver mode, data to present a first media, that includes a first visual motion effect. In response to receiving a user input on a remote user input device, a type of the user input on the remote user input device is determined. If the user input is of a first type, the device provides, to the display, data to present the first media, that includes the first visual motion effect, with corresponding descriptive text. If the user input is of a second type, the device exits the screensaver mode.

Device, method, and graphical user interface for navigating media content

Systems and methods for a media content user interface. A media content provider includes storage for storing and serving video content to subscribers. The media content provider records and or otherwise stores video content from around the world. Subscribers are provided a user interface to the system that includes a side bar. The user interface provides context sensitive hints to assist the viewer. The system also tracks a viewer's viewing history in a manner that allows the viewer to review and directly access any part of that history. Finally, magnetic points are created for use during video scrubbing to intelligently select relocation points for the current playback position.

Devices and method for providing remote control hints on a display

Systems and methods for a media content system. A media content provider includes storage for storing and serving video content to subscribers. The media content provider records and or otherwise stores video content from around the world. The system includes display devices configured to identify and tailor content to multiple individual users. Each user may have individual settings which provide for a customized viewing environment and experience. The system is configured to identify users of the system in order to tailor the content as appropriate. In addition, identification of users allows for the identification of the subscription content that corresponds to the user. Based upon identification of a user and corresponding subscription, the user's subscription content may be streamed to any location. In this manner, the users subscribed content may follow the user from home to a friend's house, or elsewhere.

Multi-user TV user interface

Systems and methods for a media content delivery service. A media content provider includes a data store for storing and serving media content to subscribers. The media content provider continually records and or otherwise stores video and audio content from around the world. Stored content will generally correspond to a large number of other media content providers, such as cable television operators, Internet based media content providers, television networks, and so on. Subscribers to the media provider interact with the media content provider via hardware and/or software mechanisms either provided by the media content provider or conforming to specifications of the media content provider. Based on these subscriber's subscriptions to the other content providers, the subscribers will have viewing, listening, or application execution privileges for content maintained in the data store. Content of a subscriber corresponding to multiple video content providers is maintained and served by a single provider.

Agnostic media delivery system

Systems and methods for a media content user interface. A media content provider includes storage for storing and serving video content to subscribers. The media content provider records and or otherwise stores video content from around the world. Subscribers are provided a user interface to the system that includes a side bar. The side bar includes multiple elements representing different categories of video content. By selecting a given category, available content is filtered according to the selected category and presented. Content which is presented may include live broadcast video for multiple channels on multiple television networks or other content providers. The side bar may further include a collection category specific to a given viewer. Selection of such a category may display video content within the collection. Subcategories in the side bar may be selected for further filtering of available content.

TV side bar user interface

Systems and methods for a media content system. A media content provider includes storage for storing and serving video content to subscribers. The media content provider records and or otherwise stores video content from around the world. Subscribers are provided a user interface that provides context sensitive hints to assist the viewer. The system further enables viewers skip, view, and interact with advertisements.

Advertisement user interface

In some embodiments, a device displays functionality information in response to receiving an indication of a first input for which a contact meets functionality display criteria. In some embodiments, a device generates a user interface that includes a navigation bar including images from different positions in a respective content item, and a representation of an adjacent content item. In some embodiments, a device moves a selection-indicator in a user interface by a predefined amount in response to receiving an indication of a first input that meets unitary movement criteria. In some embodiments, a device interprets movement of a contact of an input based at least in part on a grip of a user. In some embodiments, a device displays a plurality of character selection options when a text entry field is not tolerant of character ambiguity and a first input corresponds to a plurality of candidate characters.

Input device and user interface interactions

In some embodiments, a device performs character recognition based on spatial and temporal components of touch input detected on a touch-sensitive surface. In some embodiments, a device provides feedback about handwritten input and its recognition by the device. In some embodiments, a device presents a user interface for changing previously-inputted characters.

Character recognition on a computing device

In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at a device with one or more processors, non-transitory memory, a display, and an input device. The method includes displaying, on the display, a playback status indicator regarding playback of a media item. The method includes displaying, on the display, an image associated with the media item. The method includes detecting an input interacting with the image. In response to a first portion of the input, the method includes adjusting the appearance of the image on the display in accordance with the first portion of the input. In response to a second portion of the input, the method includes changing playback of media items on the device in accordance with the input in accordance with the second portion of the input.

Device, method, and graphical user interface for media playback

The invention is directed to an electronic device. The electronic device provides, for display on a display device, a user interface including a first set of columns, two or more columns in the first set of columns each including two or more menu items. The electronic device receives a selection input. In response to receiving the selection input, in accordance with a determination that the selection input corresponds to selection of a first column the electronic device provides, for display on the display device, a second set of columns, two or more of the columns in the second set of columns corresponding to different subsets of menu items that were displayed in the first column that was selected in response to the selection input.

Interactive interface for navigating in a user interface associated with a series of content

Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface

In some embodiments, an electronic device presents media items from different media applications in a unified media browsing application. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates browsing of media from different media applications based on category of media (e.g., movies, television shows, etc.). In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates setup of a unified media browsing application that presents media items from different media applications in a unified media browsing user interface. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays multiple episodes of a collection of episodic content (e.g., a television series) in a user interface for the collection of episodic content. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays representations of, and provides access to, live-event media items accessible on the electronic device.

User interfaces for browsing content from multiple content applications on an electronic device

An electronic device provides, to a display, data to present a user interface that includes a plurality of user interface objects, and a current focus on a first user interface object. While the display is presenting the user interface, the electronic device receives an input that corresponds to a movement of a contact across on a touch-sensitive surface. The electronic device, in response to receiving the input and in accordance with a determination that a first axis is a dominant axis, moves the current focus along the first axis by a first amount and along the second axis by a second amount. The amount of movement of the current focus along the second axis is reduced to a first non-zero amount by a scaling factor that is based on one or more inputs received prior to receiving the input.

Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for moving a current focus using a touch-sensitive remote control

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William Martin Bachman