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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.:

US 12218896 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2023

Conversion of text relating to media content and media extension apps

Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Thomas M. Alsina, Saratoga, CA (US);

Samuel M. Weinig, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Chance Graham, San Jose, CA (US);

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

Nathan de Vries, San Francisco, CA (US);

Timothy P. Horton, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Primary Examiner:

Bharat Barot

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06F 16/48 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0645 (2023.01); H04L 51/046 (2022.01); H04L 51/10 (2022.01); H04L 51/18 (2022.01); H04L 65/61 (2022.01); H04L 67/01 (2022.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01); H04L 67/125 (2022.01); H04L 67/565 (2022.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/046 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 16/48 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0645 (2013.01); H04L 51/10 (2013.01); H04L 51/18 (2013.01); H04L 65/61 (2022.05); H04L 67/01 (2022.05); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); H04L 67/565 (2022.05); H04W 4/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A first messaging app, in one embodiment receives text and detects that the text includes a URL that refers to audio or audiovisual media content in a catalog of media content, and the messaging app obtains metadata about the media content and transmits the metadata to a second messaging app. Both the first and the second messaging app can operate, through interprocess communication, with its own music extension app that displays a user interface within a view hosted by the respective messaging app.

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