Patents by Inventor Fredric R. Vinna

Fredric R. Vinna has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240107118
    Abstract: Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to one or more electronic devices that facilitate control of playback of a live content item displayed in a playback user interface. Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to one or more electronic devices that facilitate display of key content corresponding to a live content item in a key content user interface. Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to one or more electronic devices that facilitate concurrently display of multiple content items in a Multiview user interface. Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to one or more electronic devices that facilitate display of insights corresponding to a content item displayed in a playback user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher J. ELLINGFORD, Kevin M. SANDLOW, Lucio MORENO RUFO, Fredric R. VINNA, Policarpo B. WOOD, Antonio ALLEN, William D. CARPENTER, Anton M. DAVYDOV, Jonathan SILVIO, Brian K. SHIRAISHI, Gregory T. SCOTT
  • Publication number: 20230409279
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device receives, via one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to display a user interface associated with a first respective content mix, wherein the first respective content mix is associated with a first respective time period. In some embodiments in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to display the user interface associated with the first respective content mix, the electronic device displays, via a display, the user interface. In some embodiments, the user interface includes a plurality of representations of content items including visual indications of amounts of consumption, of a first consumption metric type, by a user during the first respective time period, and a plurality of representations of content creators including visual indications of consumption, of a second consumption metric type, by the user during the first respective time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Tiffany S. REESE, Arvind S. SHENOY, David J. DAVIS, Evan MILLS, Sebastien P. SAHUC, Uli M. SCHÖBERL, Benjamin B. BOURS, Eric R. SESHENS, Jason M. HESS, Drew R. DOMM, Alexander B. GROSSMAN, Phillip A. VASQUEZ, Fredric R. VINNA, Agnes WON, Michael ZARCONE, III
  • Publication number: 20230333808
    Abstract: Generating a customized playlist may include identifying a user account for which a playlist is to be generated, where the user account is associated with a user listening history, a taste profile, and a social profile, identifying one or more friend accounts linked to the user account based on the social profile, obtaining an indication of a plurality of songs associated with one or more of the friend accounts, determining a listening history for the one or more plurality of songs based on the friend accounts, obtaining a subset of the plurality of songs based on the listening history of the plurality of songs, and generating a playlist from the subset of the plurality of songs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Bekir B. Dundar, Arvind S. Shenoy, Daniel Cartoon, Denise L. Chen, Drew R. Domm, Fredric R. Vinna, Mark H. Levy, Paul C. Irvine, Priyo Mustafi, Thomas Alsina, Erik Lindholm, Uli M. Schoberl
  • Patent number: 11656838
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device receives, via one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to display a user interface associated with a first respective content mix, wherein the first respective content mix is associated with a first respective time period. In some embodiments in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to display the user interface associated with the first respective content mix, the electronic device displays, via a display, the user interface. In some embodiments, the user interface includes a plurality of representations of content items including visual indications of amounts of consumption, of a first consumption metric type, by a user during the first respective time period, and a plurality of representations of content creators including visual indications of consumption, of a second consumption metric type, by the user during the first respective time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tiffany S. Reese, Arvind S. Shenoy, David J. Davis, Evan Mills, Sebastien P. Sahuc, Uli M. Schöberl, Benjamin B. Bours, Eric R. Seshens, Jason M. Hess, Drew R. Domm, Alexander B. Grossman, Phillip A. Vasquez, Fredric R. Vinna, Agnes Won, Michael Zarcone
  • Patent number: 11057682
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of items of content available for playback on the electronic device. The representations are optionally presented in a horizontally-scrollable row. In response to a user input to horizontally scroll the row of representations, in some embodiments, the electronic device presents an animation of moving a cropping frame/border between respective representations to scroll the presented representations. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of auxiliary content related to an item of content in a product page user interface of the item of content. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of items of content in accordance with content consumption history of the user account. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of bonus content items associated with a series of episodic content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Juliana Diaz Delgado, Lucio Moreno Rufo, Alexander Benton Grossman, David M. Moretti, Drew R. Domm, Fredric R. Vinna, Daniel Eldon Marusich, Policarpo Bonilla Wood, Florian Maxime Ponson
  • Publication number: 20210141592
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device receives, via one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to display a user interface associated with a first respective content mix, wherein the first respective content mix is associated with a first respective time period. In some embodiments in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to display the user interface associated with the first respective content mix, the electronic device displays, via a display, the user interface. In some embodiments, the user interface includes a plurality of representations of content items including visual indications of amounts of consumption, of a first consumption metric type, by a user during the first respective time period, and a plurality of representations of content creators including visual indications of consumption, of a second consumption metric type, by the user during the first respective time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Tiffany S. REESE, Arvind S. SHENOY, David J. DAVIS, Evan MILLS, Sebastien P. SAHUC, Uli M. SCHÖBERL, Benjamin B. BOURS, Eric R. SESHENS, Jason M. HESS, Drew R. DOMM, Alexander B. GROSSMAN, Phillip A. VASQUEZ, Fredric R. VINNA, Agnes WON, Michael ZARCONE
  • Publication number: 20200004495
    Abstract: Generating a customized playlist may include identifying a user account for which a playlist is to be generated, where the user account is associated with a user listening history, a taste profile, and a social profile, identifying one or more friend accounts linked to the user account based on the social profile, obtaining an indication of a plurality of songs associated with one or more of the friend accounts, determining a listening history for the one or more plurality of songs based on the friend accounts, obtaining a subset of the plurality of songs based on the listening history of the plurality of songs, and generating a playlist from the subset of the plurality of songs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Bekir B. Dundar, Arvind S. Shenoy, Daniel Cartoon, Denise L. Chen, Drew R. Domm, Fredric R. Vinna, Mark H. Levy, Paul C. Irvine, Priyo Mustafi, Thomas Alsina, Erik Lindholm, Uli M. Schoberl