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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:
Jan. 31, 2017

Filed:

May. 09, 2013
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

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

Brian R. Frick, Gaithersburg, MD (US);

Timothy B. Martin, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Jeffrey L. Robbin, Los Altos, CA (US);

Christopher J. Sanders, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30867 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0631 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0643 (2013.01); G06F 17/30772 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices and methods for providing integrated content recommendations in a graphical user-interface GUI). Specifically, embodiments of the present disclosure employ a recommendation request from a client running a GUI for content recommendations formatted to fit within the GUI. An external component determines the recommendations, formats the recommendations to match a layout/look and feel of the GUI and the formatted recommendations are presented in the GUI as an integrated component of the GUI.


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