公开(公告)号：US20200084488A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-12

申请号：US16682443

申请日：2019-11-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gregory N. CHRISTIE ,  Alessandro SABATELLI ,  William M. BACHMAN ,  Imran CHAUDHRI ,  Jeffrey ROBBIN ,  Jim YOUNG ,  Joe HOWARD ,  Marcel VAN OS ,  Patrick L. COFFMAN ,  Stephen O. LEMAY ,  Jeffrey MA ,  Lynne KRESS

IPC: H04N21/254 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/232 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/845 ,  H04N21/462 ,  H04N21/2665 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/4415 ,  H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/472

Abstract: Systems and methods for a media content delivery service. A media content provider includes a data store for storing and serving media content to subscribers. The media content provider continually records and or otherwise stores video and audio content from around the world. Stored content will generally correspond to a large number of other media content providers, such as cable television operators, Internet based media content providers, television networks, and so on. Subscribers to the media provider interact with the media content provider via hardware and/or software mechanisms either provided by the media content provider or conforming to specifications of the media content provider. Based on these subscriber's subscriptions to the other content providers, the subscribers will have viewing, listening, or application execution privileges for content maintained in the data store. Content of a subscriber corresponding to multiple video content providers is maintained and served by a single provider.

公开(公告)号：US20190058921A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-21

申请号：US16108519

申请日：2018-08-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gregory N. CHRISTIE ,  Alessandro SABATELLI ,  William M. BACHMAN ,  Imran CHAUDHRI ,  Jeffrey ROBBIN ,  Jim YOUNG ,  Joe HOWARD ,  Marcel VAN OS ,  Patrick L. COFFMAN ,  Stephen O. LEMAY ,  Jeffrey MA ,  Lynne KRESS

IPC: H04N21/482

Abstract: Systems and methods for a media content user interface. 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 to the system that includes a side bar. The side bar includes multiple elements representing different categories of video content. By selecting a given category, available content is filtered according to the selected category and presented. Content which is presented may include live broadcast video for multiple channels on multiple television networks or other content providers. The side bar may further include a collection category specific to a given viewer. Selection of such a category may display video content within the collection. Subcategories in the side bar may be selected for further filtering of available content.

公开(公告)号：US20180041814A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-08

申请号：US15714904

申请日：2017-09-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gregory N. CHRISTIE ,  Alessandro SABATELLI ,  William M. BACHMAN ,  Imran CHAUDHRI ,  Jeffrey ROBBIN ,  Jim YOUNG ,  Joe HOWARD ,  Marcel VAN OS ,  Patrick L. COFFMAN ,  Stephen O. LEMAY ,  Jeffrey MA ,  Lynne KRESS

IPC: H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/438 ,  H04N21/462

CPC classification number: H04N21/4823 ,  H04N21/4383 ,  H04N21/4622

Abstract: Systems and methods for a media content user interface. 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 to the system that includes a channel bar. The channel bar is dynamically scoped responsive to interactions of a viewer with the system. Selectable elements within the channel bar provide direct access to related content regarding video content, such as television series information and cast information. In addition, the channel bar is operable in multiple modes. An EPG mode displays live video for multiple channels simultaneously. Themed modes permit channel bars that display content according to various themes which may be defined by a viewer, the provider, or both.

公开(公告)号：US20140026049A1

公开(公告)日：2014-01-23

申请号：US14029436

申请日：2013-09-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Anne JONES ,  Thomas DOWDY ,  Jeffrey ROBBIN ,  Mike WIESE ,  Stephen DAVIS

IPC: G06F3/048

CPC classification number: H04L67/104 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06F17/30899 ,  H04L51/046 ,  H04L65/4084 ,  H04L65/60 ,  H04L67/06 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04L67/26

Abstract: Improved podcasts and techniques that facilitate their use are disclosed. The improved techniques can pertain to creating, publishing, hosting, accessing, subscribing, managing, transferring, and/or playing podcasts. According to one aspect, a client application can subscribe to podcasts and then automatically monitor the podcasts for updates to be downloaded. In the event that user interest in a podcast becomes inadequate, downloading of further updates can be restricted. According to another aspect, a podcast can be subscribed to through use of a portable subscription file. According to still another aspect, podcast feeds can be enhanced to include segment elements and other metadata.

Abstract translation: 披露了改进的播客和便于使用的技术。 改进的技术可以涉及创建，发布，托管，访问，订阅，管理，传输和/或播放播客。 根据一个方面，客户应用程序可以订阅播客，然后自动监视播客以进行要下载的更新。 如果用户对播客的兴趣不足，可以限制进一步更新的下载。 根据另一方面，可以通过使用便携式订阅文件来订阅播客。 根据另一方面，可以增强播客馈送以包括段元素和其他元数据。