US 12,244,754 B2
Interfaces and devices for dynamically-available media playback
Taylor G Carrigan, San Francisco, CA (US); and Jeffrey D. Tanner, Walnut Creek, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on May 7, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/657,600.
Application 18/657,600 is a continuation of application No. 17/579,253, filed on Jan. 19, 2022, granted, now 12,003,659.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/197,423, filed on Jun. 6, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/175,312, filed on Apr. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0291916 A1, Aug. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. H04M 1/72415 (2021.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01); H04M 1/72454 (2021.01); H04M 1/72463 (2021.01)
CPC H04M 1/72415 (2021.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01); H04M 1/72454 (2021.01); H04M 1/72463 (2021.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer system that is in communication with a first external electronic device that satisfies a set of media playback hardware criteria, the computer system comprising:
a display generation component;
one or more processors; and
memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
displaying, via the display generation component, a user interface for configuring the first external electronic device for use with a device management application; and
while displaying the user interface for configuring the first external electronic device for use with the device management application:
in accordance with a determination that the first external electronic device satisfies a set of selection criteria, displaying, via the display generation component, a user-interactive graphical user interface object that, when selected, configures the first external electronic device to be available for a first media playback function; and
in accordance with a determination that the external electronic device does not satisfy the set of selection criteria, forgo displaying, during the configuring of the first external electronic device for use with the device management application, the user-interactive graphical user interface object.