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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:
Oct. 08, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 03, 2023
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Taylor G. Carrigan, San Francisco, CA (US);

Patrick L. Coffman, San Francisco, CA (US);

Pedro Mari, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Camille Moussette, San Francisco, CA (US);

Gemma Alexandria Roper, San Francisco, CA (US);

Peter C. Tsoi, San Mateo, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to techniques and interfaces for managing media playback devices. In some embodiments, the techniques include varying a feedback based on movement of a computer system toward or away from an external device. In some embodiments, the techniques include displaying an interface that includes controls for controlling media playback on an external device when the computer system and the external device are playing media. In some embodiments, the techniques include performing operations at a computer system in response to an input having a size that is less than or greater than a size threshold. In some embodiments, the techniques include performing different operations at a computer system when status lights have states that indicate different states of the computer system.


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