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    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:AU2015100490C4

    公开(公告)日:2017-04-13

    申请号:AU2015100490

    申请日:2015-04-15

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    Abstract: At an electronic device, detecting a compatible external device, where the external device is executing or has executed a first application. The detection may be made wirelessly. The electronic device also receives usage information regarding the first application from the external device. Display an affordance for user selection based on the received information. When the affordance is selected, launch a second application on the electronic device, the second application corresponding to the first application. In some examples, the second application is a different version of the first application. Launching the second application may additionally include bringing the second application to the same state as the first application. For example, if e-mail is being drafted on the external device, the electronic device may launch an e-mail editor showing the draft. In this way, a user can seamlessly transition from the use of one electronic device to another electronic device.

    Smart audio playback when connecting to an audio output system

    公开(公告)号:AU2016203615A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-22

    申请号:AU2016203615

    申请日:2016-05-31

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    Abstract: A method performed in a portable computing device for intelligently performing audio playback, upon connecting with an audio output system. The portable computing device detects that a connection is made with an audio output system. The portable computing device determines a first audio playback application that last played audio and when the first audio playback application last played audio. If the first audio playback application played audio within a specified amount of time in the past, then the portable computing device signals that audio playback be performed from the first audio playback application (through the connection made with the audio output system.) If the first audio playback application did not play audio within the specified amount of time in the past, then the portable computing device determines a second audio playback application that last played audio when the portable computing device was previously connected to the audio output system and signals audio playback from the second audio playback application (through the connection made with the audio output system.) Other embodiments are also described and claimed. DETECT THAT A CONNECTION IS MADE WITH AN AUDIO OUTPUT SYSTEM DETERMINE WHICH AUDIO PLAYBACK APPLICATION LAST PLAYED AUDIO IN THE PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE AUDIO PLAYBACK APPLICATION THAT LAST PLAYED AUDIO PLAY AUDIO YES IN THE PORTABLE COMPUTING NO DEVICE DO SO WITHIN A SPECIFIED AMOUNT OF TIME IN THE PAST (e.g., WITHIN THE LAST 8 MINUTES) BEGIN PLAYBACK FROM THE BEGIN PLAYBACK FROM THE AUDIO PLAYBACK APPLICATION AUDIO PLAYBACK APPLICATION THAT LAST PLAYED AUDIO IN THE THAT LAST PLAYED AUDIO PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE WHEN THE PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE WAS PREVIOUSLY 160 CONNECTED TO THE AUDIO OUTPUT SYSTEM PROVIDE A USER INTERFACE 110 THROUGH WHICH THE USER CAN INDICATE THAT THE PLAYBACK BE PROVIDE A USER INTERFACE CHANGED, SO THAT PLAYBACK IS THROUGH WHICH THE USER CAN FROM THE AUDIO PLAYBACK INDICATE THAT THE AUDIO APPLICATION THAT WAS PLAYING PLAYBACK BE CHANGED, SO THAT AUDIO WHEN THE PORTABLE PLAYBACK IS FROM THE AUDIO COMPUTING DEVICE WAS PLAYBACK APPLICATION THAT PREVIOUSLY CONNECTED TO THE LAST PLAYED AUDIO IN THE AUDIO OUTPUT SYSTEM PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE

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