US 12,229,475 B2
Multi-user TV user interface
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, WA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/503,515.
Application 18/503,515 is a continuation of application No. 17/654,578, filed on Mar. 11, 2022, granted, now 11,822,858.
Application 17/654,578 is a continuation of application No. 15/943,316, filed on Apr. 2, 2018, abandoned.
Application 15/943,316 is a continuation of application No. 15/276,633, filed on Sep. 26, 2016, granted, now 10,521,188, issued on Dec. 31, 2019.
Application 15/276,633 is a continuation of application No. 15/224,370, filed on Jul. 29, 2016, abandoned.
Application 15/224,370 is a continuation of application No. 14/271,179, filed on May 6, 2014, abandoned.
Application 14/271,179 is a continuation of application No. 14/141,240, filed on Dec. 26, 2013, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/800,889, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/747,658, filed on Dec. 31, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2024/0220195 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01)
CPC G06F 3/167 (2013.01) [H04N 21/42203 (2013.01); H04N 21/4222 (2013.01); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2013.01); H04N 21/4751 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at a first electronic device with one or more processors and memory:
determining whether a second electronic device associated with a user is present at the first electronic device;
in accordance with a determination that the second electronic device is present at the first electronic device, providing access to a user profile associated with the user at the first electronic device;
while the second electronic device is present at the first electronic device, receiving, at a microphone of the first electronic device, a first voice input; and
in response to receiving the first voice input at the microphone of the first electronic device:
in accordance with a determination the first voice input specifies media content, generating first audio output, wherein the first audio output corresponds to the media content specified by the user that is associated with the user profile; and
in accordance with a determination the first voice input does not specify media content, generating a second audio output at the first electronic device, different from the first audio output, wherein the second audio output includes conversational speech.