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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 23, 2021
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Matthew J. Dickoff, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jessica Aranda, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Patrick Coffman, Cupertino, CA (US);

Richard L. Hagy, Montara, CA (US);

Stephen J. Rhee, San Jose, CA (US);

Nicole R. Ryan, San Francisco, CA (US);

Adam C. Swift, Cupertino, CA (US);

Gavin B. Thomson, Mountain View, CA (US);

Brandon J. Van Ryswyk, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 16/54 (2019.01); G06F 16/535 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/54 (2019.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 16/535 (2019.01);
Abstract

Described herein are techniques to enable limited access to a photos library by enabling application specific virtual photo libraries. When an application requests access to the photos library, the user can select an option to enable or configure a virtual photos library, and then select specific assets (e.g., photos, videos) within the photos library to be selected for inclusion into an application specific virtual photos library.


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