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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2017
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Robert H. Kondrk, Cupertino, CA (US);
Alan C. Dye, San Francisco, CA (US);
William M. Bachman, San Jose, CA (US);
Monika E. Gromek, Oakland, CA (US);
Alexander Constantin Diego Fringes, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joseph Andrew Magnani, San Francisco, CA (US);
Colin Bennett, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alexander Johnston, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jessica R. Caimi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
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.