US 12,086,186 B2
Interactive interface for navigating in a user interface associated with a series of content
Marcel Van Os, San Francisco, CA (US); Joe Howard, San Jose, CA (US); Joshua Mc Glinn, Mooresville, NC (US); Jonathan Lochhead, Scotts Valley, CA (US); Benjamin W. Keighran, Palo Alto, CA (US); William M. Bachman, San Jose, CA (US); Elbert D. Chen, Cupertino, CA (US); Jeffrey L Robbin, Los Altos, CA (US); Jennifer L. C. Folse, San Francisco, CA (US); and Lynne Kress, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/937,704.
Application 17/937,704 is a continuation of application No. 16/872,274, filed on May 11, 2020, granted, now 11,461,397.
Application 16/872,274 is a continuation of application No. 14/746,095, filed on Jun. 22, 2015, granted, now 10,650,052, issued on May 12, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/016,599, filed on Jun. 24, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0132595 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 16/9032 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/90328 (2019.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at an electronic device in communication with a display device and one or more input devices:
receiving, via the one or more input devices, a request for information about an episodic series of content that has a release status;
in response to receiving the request for information, displaying, via the display device, a user interface associated with the episodic series of content, wherein the user interface associated with the episodic series of content includes a plurality of interactive representations of a plurality of episodes of the episodic series of content, including a representation of a first released episode of the episodic series of content and a representation of a second unreleased episode of the episodic series of content, wherein the plurality of interactive representations includes respective contextual information based on the release status of the episodic series of content and a viewing status of the episodic series of content, wherein the user interface prioritizes display of a released episode in the episodic series of content that is an earliest unwatched episode in the episodic series of content relative to other displayed interactive representations of the plurality of episodes of the episodic series of content;
while displaying the user interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a user input selecting a respective representation of the plurality of interactive representations corresponding to a respective episode of the plurality of episodes; and
in response to receiving the user input:
in accordance with a determination that the respective episode is an episode of the episodic series of content that has been released, initiating a process to display the respective episode via the display device; and
in accordance with a determination that the respective episode is an episode of the episodic series of content that has not been released, performing an operation with respect to the respective episode without displaying the respective episode via the display device.