US 12,260,452 B2
Family accounts for an online content storage sharing service
Megan M. Frost, Menlo Park, CA (US); Patrick L. Coffman, San Francisco, CA (US); and Maria D. Ioveva, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/154,772.
Application 18/154,772 is a continuation of application No. 17/020,373, filed on Sep. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,941,688.
Application 17/020,373 is a continuation of application No. 14/502,937, filed on Sep. 30, 2014, granted, now 10,789,642, issued on Sep. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/005,621, filed on May 30, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0153898 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 40/02 (2023.01); G06Q 20/22 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 40/02 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/227 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
at an electronic device in communication with a display device and one or more input devices:
displaying, via the display device, an input element corresponding to an identifier for a family member to be added to a family account, wherein the family account is shared among family members;
adding a user account of the family member to the family account that is shared among family members;
responsive to adding the user account of the family member to the family account, initiating a process to send an electronic message, associated with adding the user account to the family account, to an electronic mailing address of the user account to be added to the family account;
after adding the user account of the family member to the family account, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a first input corresponding to a request to adjust applicability of a respective feature of the family account to one or more user accounts of the family account;
in response to receiving the first input, displaying, via the display device, a first user interface that includes representations of user accounts of family members of the family account, including a first representation of the user account of the family member and a second representation of a second user account of a second family member, wherein:
the respective feature is enabled for the user account of the family member and the first representation of the user account of the family member is displayed with an indication that indicates that the respective feature is enabled for the user account of the family member, and
the respective feature is disabled for the second user account of the second family member and the second representation of the second user account of the second family member is displayed with an indication that indicates that the respective feature is disabled for the second user account of the second family member;
while displaying the first user interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a second input directed to the second representation of the second user account of the second family member; and
in response to receiving the second input, initiating a process to enable the respective feature of the family account for the second user account of the second family member.