Patents by Inventor Christopher J. ELLINGFORD

Christopher J. ELLINGFORD 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: 20240089550
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device displays a user interface associated with an episodic series. In some embodiments, the user interface includes representations of episodes that are downloaded on the device, does not include a representation of a given not-yet-downloaded episode, and optionally includes a download affordance that is selectable to initiate a process for downloading not-yet-downloaded episodes. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays a user interface associated with an episodic series, wherein the user interface associated with the episodic series of content includes representations of episodes of the episodic series. In some embodiments, in response to receiving the user input selecting a respective representation, the device either initiates a process to display the respective episode or displays a user interface associated with the respective episode without displaying the respective episode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher J. ELLINGFORD, Lucio MORENO RUFO
  • Patent number: 11843838
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device displays a user interface associated with an episodic series. In some embodiments, the user interface includes representations of episodes that are downloaded on the device, does not include a representation of a given not-yet-downloaded episode, and optionally includes a download affordance that is selectable to initiate a process for downloading not-yet-downloaded episodes. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays a user interface associated with an episodic series, wherein the user interface associated with the episodic series of content includes representations of episodes of the episodic series. In some embodiments, in response to receiving the user input selecting a respective representation, the device either initiates a process to display the respective episode or displays a user interface associated with the respective episode without displaying the respective episode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Ellingford, Lucio Moreno Rufo
  • Publication number: 20230033604
    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: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Juliana DIAZ DELGADO, Alexander Benton GROSSMAN, David M. MORETTI, Christopher J. ELLINGFORD, Lucio MORENO RUFO, Graham David BEER
  • Publication number: 20220394346
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device presents a user interface for controlling the playback of content items. In some embodiments, the user interface includes a plurality of selectable options for controlling playback of a respective content item overlaid on the content item. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents a user interface for browsing and switching between content items available for playback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Jeff TAN-ANG, Christopher J. ELLINGFORD, Christopher J. SANDERS, Dila SART, Justin K. ARNOLD, Justin D. GAUSSOIN, Kevin M. SANDLOW, Lucio MORENO RUFO, Neil P. CORMICAN, Policarpo B. WOOD, Yonghyun A. KIM
  • Publication number: 20210306711
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device displays a user interface associated with an episodic series. In some embodiments, the user interface includes representations of episodes that are downloaded on the device, does not include a representation of a given not-yet-downloaded episode, and optionally includes a download affordance that is selectable to initiate a process for downloading not-yet-downloaded episodes. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays a user interface associated with an episodic series, wherein the user interface associated with the episodic series of content includes representations of episodes of the episodic series. In some embodiments, in response to receiving the user input selecting a respective representation, the device either initiates a process to display the respective episode or displays a user interface associated with the respective episode without displaying the respective episode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher J. ELLINGFORD, Lucio MORENO RUFO