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Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 18, 2022
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gregory N. Christie, San Jose, CA (US);

Alessandro Sabatelli, San Francisco, CA (US);

William M. Bachman, San Jose, CA (US);

Imran Chaudhri, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jeffrey Robbin, Los Altos, CA (US);

Jim Young, Livermore, CA (US);

Joe Howard, San Jose, CA (US);

Marcel Van Os, San Francisco, CA (US);

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

Stephen O. Lemay, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Jeffrey Ma, Redwood City, CA (US);

Lynne Kress, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/435 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01);
Abstract

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.


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