Patents by Inventor Matthew J. CIELAK

Matthew J. CIELAK 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: 20200304863
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device presents a plurality of representations of content items in a unified media browsing application. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents information on representations of content items. In some embodiments, an electronic device display content in a unified media browsing application. In some embodiments, an electronic device links to an account for a primary content provider. In some embodiments, an electronic device restricts access to content based on the geographic location of the device. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents playback menus during playback of content in a unified media browsing application. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays user interfaces specific to respective content items. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays content items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Drew R. DOMM, Matthew J. CIELAK, Fredric VINNA, Tito Lloyd BALSAMO, Jeff TAN-ANG
  • Publication number: 20200304876
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device presents a plurality of representations of content items that are available on a respective channel in response to successfully subscribing the respective channel. In some embodiments, an electronic device plays content that is provided by a channel in a unified media browsing application. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents information about subscribing to a channel based on content consumption activity of the user on the electronic device in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew J. CIELAK, Michael EVASHEVSKI, Drew R. DOMM, Fredric VINNA, Alexander GROSSMAN, David MORETTI, Jeff TAN-ANG
  • Publication number: 20200201491
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to interfaces and techniques for media playback on one or more devices. In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic device includes a display, one or more processors, and memory. The electronic device receives user input and, in response to receiving the user input, displays, on the display, a multi-device interface that includes: one or more indicators associated with a plurality of available playback devices that are connected to the device and available to initiate playback of media from the device, and a media playback status of the plurality of available playback devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick L. COFFMAN, Fernando ALBUQUERQUE, Taylor G. CARRIGAN, Matthew J. CIELAK, David Chance GRAHAM, Cyrus Daniel IRANI
  • Publication number: 20190342616
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device presents information about, and facilitates consumption of, content in a content delivery application, including utilizing content consumption activities of the user's friends to do so. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates presentation of a friends content mix corresponding to content selected based on content consumption activity of one or more friends of a user of the electronic device. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates presentation of a plurality of content items included in the friends content mix that includes a representation of a first content item of the plurality of content items displayed in association with a representation of a first friend, of the one or more friends of the user, that is associated with the first content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Drew R. DOMM, Erik LINDHOLM, Fredric VINNA, Uli M. SCHöBERL, Matthew J. CIELAK
  • Patent number: 10318114
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computing device can be configured to manage playlist-only media items for a user's media library. For example, when a user adds a media item to a playlist, the user can be presented with an option to add the media item to the playlist as a playlist-only media item. When the user selects to add the media item to the playlist as a playlist-only media item, the computing device can update media metadata associated with the user's media library with data indicating that the media item is a playlist-only media item. When the computing device performs operations (e.g., displaying, searching, etc.) on the user's media library, the computing device can exclude the playlist-only media items from the operations. The computing device can change the playlist-only settings for a media item to add and/or remove a media item from the user's media library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Alsina, Edward T. Schmidt, Taylor G Carrigan, Christopher J. Sanders, Cody D. Jorgensen, Arvind S. Shenoy, Amandeep S Jawa, George D. Bottas, Matthew J. Cielak, Paul C. Irvine
  • Patent number: 10205989
    Abstract: The present technology is for optimizing storage on a computing device. A media application on the computing device can allocate a minimum amount of storage on the computing device. The media application can further be configured to automatically download and store media items added to a media library of an account associated with the computing device. The combination of these features can put strain on computing devices with limited amounts of storage. Accordingly, the present technology can automatically delete media items in cache to allow media items to be automatically downloaded, or allow other uses of storage by other applications on the computing device, while also preserving the minimum amount of storage of media items on the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Alsina, Cody D. Jorgensen, Edward T. Schmidt, James H. Callender, Matthew J. Cielak, Taylor G. Carrigan
  • Publication number: 20180335903
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to interfaces and techniques for media playback on one or more devices. In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic device includes a display, one or more processors, and memory. The electronic device receives user input and, in response to receiving the user input, displays, on the display, a multi-device interface that includes: one or more indicators associated with a plurality of available playback devices that are connected to the device and available to initiate playback of media from the device, and a media playback status of the plurality of available playback devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Patrick L. COFFMAN, Fernando ALBUQUERQUE, Taylor G. CARRIGAN, Matthew J. CIELAK, David Chance GRAHAM, Cyrus Daniel IRANI
  • Publication number: 20170359435
    Abstract: The present technology is for optimizing storage on a computing device. A media application on the computing device can allocate a minimum amount of storage on the computing device. The media application can further be configured to automatically download and store media items added to a media library of an account associated with the computing device. The combination of these features can put strain on computing devices with limited amounts of storage. Accordingly, the present technology can automatically delete media items in cache to allow media items to be automatically downloaded, or allow other uses of storage by other applications on the computing device, while also preserving the minimum amount of storage of media items on the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Alsina, Cody D. Jorgensen, Edward T. Schmidt, James H. Callender, Matthew J. Cielak, Taylor G. Carrigan
  • Publication number: 20170212644
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computing device can be configured to manage playlist-only media items for a user's media library. For example, when a user adds a media item to a playlist, the user can be presented with an option to add the media item to the playlist as a playlist-only media item. When the user selects to add the media item to the playlist as a playlist-only media item, the computing device can update media metadata associated with the user's media library with data indicating that the media item is a playlist-only media item. When the computing device performs operations (e.g., displaying, searching, etc.) on the user's media library, the computing device can exclude the playlist-only media items from the operations. The computing device can change the playlist-only settings for a media item to add and/or remove a media item from the user's media library.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas ALSINA, Edward T. SCHMIDT, Taylor G. CARRIGAN, Christopher J. SANDERS, Cody D. JORGENSEN, Arvind S. SHENOY, Amandeep S. JAWA, George D. BOTTAS, Matthew J. CIELAK, Paul C. IRVINE
  • Patent number: D875743
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Cielak, Drew Rocky Domm, Erik Olof Teodor Lindholm, Uli Schöberl, Fredric Vinna