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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Mitchell R. Lerner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Elizabeth C. Cranfill, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles C. Hoyt, Pacifica, CA (US);
Jeffrey D. Tanner, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Ian M. Fisch, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Jakub Mazur, Daly City, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to providing auditory features. An example method includes, at a computer system in communication with one or more input devices: while playing an audio media item of a first type, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a request to play an audio media item of a second type; in accordance with a determination that a set of concurrent audio criteria is satisfied, concurrently playing: the audio media item of the first type; and the audio media item of the second type; and in accordance with a determination that the set of concurrent audio criteria is not satisfied: ceasing to play the audio media item of the first type; and playing the audio media item of the second type.