Systems and methods for providing song samples

• US 10,742,701 B2
• Filed: 09/07/2018
• Issued: 08/11/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Spotify AB (Spotify Technology SA)
• Original Assignee: Spotify AB (Spotify Technology SA)
• Inventors: Garmark, Sten, Cook, Quenton, Soderstrom, Gustav, Silva, Ivo, Kadir, Michelle, Stromberg, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Choudhury, Azizul
• Application Number:
  US16/125,477
• Publication Number:
  US 20190081997A1
• Time in Patent Office: 704 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5007 Internet protocol [IP] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44204 Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watched monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; protecting generic digital content where the protection is independent of the precise nature of the content G06F21/10; arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services in broadcast systems H04H60/31
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6377 directed to server one-way streaming services wherein the source is controlled by the destination H04L65/613
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8113 comprising music, e.g. song in MP3 format
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments

Abstract

An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a display, one or more processors, memory, and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors. The one or more programs include instructions for detecting a display change associated with media content item represented on a display, transmitting a request (e.g., to a server) for at least a portion of the media content item, receiving the requested portion of the media content item, storing the received portion of the media content item in a local cache, receiving a user input indicative of the selection of the media content item, and presenting the received portion of the media content item in response to receiving the user input indicative of the selection of the media content item.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

one or more processors; and

memory storing one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

displaying, on the display, a media playback user interface that includes a preview affordance for previewing media content;

detecting a hover input in a first hover input region of the media playback user interface, wherein the first hover input region corresponds to a boundary of the preview affordance; and

in response to detecting the hover input in the first hover input region of the display associated with the preview affordance;

playing the media content and, while continuing to play the media content;

displaying, in the media playback user interface, one or more media control affordances, wherein the one or more media control affordances are located within a second hover input region that includes the first hover input region;

detecting movement of the hover input to a location in the second hover input region that corresponds to a respective media control affordance of the one or more media control affordances; and

in response to detecting activation of the respective media control affordance, changing playback of the media content in accordance with the respective media control affordance.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second hover input region has a second area that is greater than a first area of the first hover input region.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein detecting the hover input includes detecting the presence of a cursor within the first hover input region for a predefined period of time.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein detecting the hover input includes detecting entry of a cursor into the first hover input region of the media playback user interface.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the playback of the preview of the media content continues until the cursor exits the second hover input region.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more media control affordances correspond to tracks within an album or playlist.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the one or more media control affordances include displayed representations of the tracks with the album or playlist.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more media control affordances include one or more affordances of the group consisting of:

a fast forward affordance, a rewind affordance, a skip affordance, a play affordance, a pause affordance, an add to playlist affordance.

9. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

at an electronic device with one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs that are configured to be executed by the one or more processors;

displaying, on a display, a media playback user interface that includes a preview affordance for previewing media content;

detecting a hover input in a first hover input region of the media playback user interface, wherein the first hover input region corresponds to a boundary of the preview affordance;

in response to detecting the hover input in the first hover input region of the display associated with the preview affordance;

playing the media content, and while continuing to play the media content;

displaying, in the media playback user interface, one or more media control affordances, wherein the one or more media control affordances are located within a second hover input region that includes the first hover input region;

detecting movement of the hover input to a location in the second hover input region that corresponds to a respective media control affordance of the one or more media control affordances;

in response to detecting activation of the respective media control affordance, changing playback of the media content in accordance with the respective media control affordance.

10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing at least one program configured for execution by at least one processor of a computer system, the at least one program comprising instructions to:

display, on a display, a media playback user interface that includes a preview affordance for previewing media content;

detect a hover input in a first hover input region of the media playback user interface, wherein the first hover input region corresponds to a boundary of the preview affordance; and

in response to detecting the hover input in the first hover input region of the display associated with the preview affordance;

play the media content and, while continuing to play the media content;

display, in the media playback user interface, one or more media control affordances, wherein the one or more media control affordances are located within a second hover input region that includes the first hover input region;

detect movement of the hover input to a location in the second hover input region that corresponds to a respective media control affordance of the one or more media control affordances; and

in response to detecting activation of the respective media control affordance, change playback of the media content in accordance with the respective media control affordance.