US 12,135,823 B2
User interface-based restriction on content access
Betim Deva, Palo Alto, CA (US); Mufaddal Y. Khumri, San Jose, CA (US); Ying Chen, San Jose, CA (US); Jason P. Ketterman, San Jose, CA (US); Zhiyuan Zhao, Saratoga, CA (US); and Edward T. Schmidt, Burlingame, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/589,891.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/243,694, filed on Sep. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0080210 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 21/33 (2013.01); H04M 1/72442 (2021.01); H04M 1/72454 (2021.01); H04M 1/72463 (2021.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/629 (2013.01) [G06F 21/33 (2013.01); H04M 1/72442 (2021.01); H04M 1/72454 (2021.01); H04M 1/72463 (2021.01); G06F 21/1014 (2023.08); G06F 21/1015 (2023.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
providing, from a device to a server, a first request for media content, the first request including information indicating a software user interface from a plurality of software user interfaces of the device, the software user interface associated with the first request;
obtaining, responsive to providing the first request, an interface-specific token associated with the media content from the server and the software user interface of the device;
providing the interface-specific token in a second request for the media content to the server; and
in response to verification of the interface-specific token by the server, receiving the media content from the server.