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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:
Jul. 16, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 04, 2022
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Shruti Singhal, San Jose, CA (US);

Yasser Saby Hafez Rihan, Redwood City, CA (US);

Jonathan Iain Wight, San Mateo, CA (US);

Yinxuan Shi Moore, Milpitas, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/42653 (2013.01); H04N 21/4318 (2013.01); H04N 21/44204 (2013.01); H04N 21/4621 (2013.01); H04N 21/4667 (2013.01); H04N 21/47205 (2013.01);
Abstract

In accordance with some implementations, a method includes: displaying a visual representation of a media object according to a first resource utilization value; while displaying the visual representation of the media object, determining an engagement score that characterizes a level of user engagement with respect to the media object; in accordance with a determination that the engagement score is greater than a threshold value, maintaining display of the visual representation of the media object according to the first resource utilization value; and in accordance with a determination that the engagement score is less than the threshold value: ceasing display of the visual representation of the media object according to the first resource utilization value; and playing, via the speaker, an audio representation of the media object, according to a second resource utilization value different than the first resource utilization value.


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