US 12,225,253 B2
Agnostic media delivery system
Gregory N. Christie, San Jose, CA (US); Alessandro Sabatelli, San Francisco, CA (US); William M. Bachman, San Jose, CA (US); Imran Chaudhri, San Francisco, CA (US); Jeffrey Robbin, Los Altos, CA (US); Jim Young, Livermore, CA (US); Joe Howard, San Jose, CA (US); Marcel Van Os, San Francisco, CA (US); Patrick L Coffman, San Francisco, CA (US); Stephen O. Lemay, Palo Alto, CA (US); Jeffrey Ma, Redwood City, CA (US); and Lynne Kress, Seattle, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/656,610.
Application 17/656,610 is a continuation of application No. 16/682,443, filed on Nov. 13, 2019, granted, now 11,290,762.
Application 16/682,443 is a continuation of application No. 16/010,280, filed on Jun. 15, 2018, granted, now 10,491,932, issued on Nov. 26, 2019.
Application 16/010,280 is a continuation of application No. 15/414,493, filed on Jan. 24, 2017, granted, now 10,021,440, issued on Jul. 10, 2018.
Application 15/414,493 is a continuation of application No. 14/242,575, filed on Apr. 1, 2014, granted, now 9,591,339, issued on Mar. 7, 2017.
Application 14/242,575 is a continuation of application No. 14/088,138, filed on Nov. 22, 2013, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/799,545, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/730,501, filed on Nov. 27, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2022/0329891 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 21/254 (2011.01); H04N 21/232 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/266 (2011.01); H04N 21/2665 (2011.01); H04N 21/441 (2011.01); H04N 21/4415 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/4627 (2011.01); H04N 21/466 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/2541 (2013.01) [H04N 21/232 (2013.01); H04N 21/25875 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/2665 (2013.01); H04N 21/4415 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/4627 (2013.01); H04N 21/4668 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); H04N 21/4826 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01)] 48 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at a first electronic device in communication with one or more input devices:
receiving, via the one or more input devices, an indication of interaction with the first electronic device, wherein the indication of interaction is different from a request to access media content; and
in response to receiving the indication of interaction with the first electronic device:
in accordance with a determination that a subscriber authorization setting associated with the first electronic device is enabled, initiating a process to identify a user associated with the indication of interaction with the first electronic device, wherein the first electronic device operates using first one or more settings after initiating the process to identify the user when one or more criteria are satisfied; and
in accordance with a determination that the subscriber authorization setting associated with the first electronic device is not enabled, operating the first electronic device using second one or more settings, different from the first one or more settings; and
after initiating the process to identify the user associated with the indication of interaction with the first electronic device:
in accordance with a determination that the one or more criteria are satisfied, including a first criterion that is satisfied when identification of the user associated with the indication of interaction with the first electronic device is successful and including a second criterion that is satisfied when the user associated with the indication of interaction with the first electronic device is associated with a content subscription, operating the first electronic device using the first one or more settings associated with the content subscription associated with the user; and
in accordance with a determination that the one or more criteria are not satisfied operating the first electronic device using the second one or more settings, different from the first one or more settings that are associated with the content subscription associated with the user.