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).
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Publication number: 20250130707Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device generates virtual lighting effects while presenting a content item. In some embodiments, an electronic device enhances navigation to a respective playback position of a content item. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays media content in a three-dimensional environment. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents media content in different modes of presentation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventors: Matan STAUBER, Israel PASTRANA VICENTE, Jonathan R. DASCOLA, Stephen O. LEMAY, Ichha ARORA, Andrew S. KIM, Gregory T. SCOTT, Lucio MORENO RUFO, Fredric R. VINNA, Brian K. SHIRAISHI, So TANAKA
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Publication number: 20240361901Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer system enables a user to invoke display of transport controls (and/or other controls associated with controlling playback of content) using gaze inputs, gesture inputs, or a combination of these. In some embodiments, in response to detecting a first user input, the computer system displays a first set of controls in a reduced-prominence state (e.g., in a manner that is not unduly distracting to the user), and in response to detecting a second user input, the computer system displays a second set of controls in an increased-prominence state (e.g., in a more visually prominent state). The second set of controls optionally includes more controls than the first set of controls.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Jonathan RAVASZ, Angel Suet Yan CHEUNG, Ashwin Kumar ASOKA KUMAR SHENOI, Leah M. GUM, Zoey C. TAYLOR, Evgenii KRIVORUCHKO, Christopher D. MCKENZIE, Matan STAUBER, Yonghyun A. KIM, Gregory T. SCOTT, Lucio MORENO RUFO, Fredric R. VINNA, Brian K. SHIRAISHI, So TANAKA
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Publication number: 20240107118Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20230409279Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20230333808Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: 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
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Patent number: 11656838Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 11, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 11057682Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: 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
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Publication number: 20210141592Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2020Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20200004495Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: 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