US 12,088,888 B2
User interfaces for media sharing and communication sessions
Sooyeon Kim, Mountain View, CA (US); Brian K. Shiraishi, Belmont, CA (US); Jee Won Choi, San Francisco, CA (US); Lucio Moreno Rufo, Campbell, CA (US); Neil P. Cormican, Menlo Park, CA (US); Pavan Rajam, Cupertino, CA (US); Tiffany S. Reese, Livermore, CA (US); and Victoria K. Harrington, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on May 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/663,320.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/197,442, filed on Jun. 6, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/189,121, filed on May 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0368993 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4788 (2013.01) [H04N 21/43076 (2020.08)] 69 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at a first electronic device in communication with a display generation component and one or more input devices:
while the first electronic device is not part of a synchronized media and communication session with one or more third electronic devices associated with one or more users:
receiving, via the one or more input devices, a first input corresponding to a request to playback a first media item; and
in response to receiving the first input:
in accordance with a determination that a second electronic device is part of the synchronized media and communication session and in accordance with a determination that one or more criteria are satisfied, including a criterion that is satisfied when the first media item is of a first type, initiating a process to add the first electronic device to the synchronized media and communication session; and
in accordance with a determination that the second electronic device is not part of the synchronized media and communication session, forgoing initiating the process to add the first electronic device to the synchronized media and communication session.