Graphical user interface with location-specific interface elements

• US 8,667,422 B2
• Filed: 09/04/2007
• Issued: 03/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Anderson, Alexandrea, Miller, Mark, Mirrashidi, Payam, Verosub, Ellis M., Strand, Tyler A., Rossell, Joseph M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lo, Weilun
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHUONG, TRUC T
• Application Number:
  US11/849,882
• Publication Number:
  US 20090064056A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,373 Days
• Field of Search: 715/716, 715/719, 715/727, 715/760, 715/859, 715/864
• US Class Current: 715/859
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3224 Transactions dependent on location of M-devices

Abstract

Improved approaches to allow a portable electronic device to dynamically present location-specific information while the portable electronic device is at a predetermined location are disclosed. In one embodiment, the portable electronic device has a display that can display the location-specific information and has wireless capabilities for use in receiving the location-specific information from the server. The location-specific information can, for example, augment other information that is to be presented on the display. In one embodiment, the location-specific information can be information pertaining to a media item being played in an establishment, such as a store, where the portable electronic device is located.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium including at least computer program code for displaying a graphical user interface for a portable electronic device having an associated display, said graphical user interface comprising:

at least one media store display panel for presenting a plurality of digital media assets that can be purchased, previewed, played or browsed; and

an additional display panel configured to display a location-specific display element for displaying establishment-specific information associated with a specific establishment, wherein the establishment-specific information comprises information about a digital media asset that is currently playing in the specific establishment,

wherein the establishment-specific information dynamically appears in the additional display panel while the portable electronic device is at or proximate to the specific establishment,

wherein, when the establishment-specific information dynamically appears in the additional display panel, the additional display panel is displayed along with the display of the media store display panel.

2. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the location-specific display element only appears when enhanced online media store content is available.

3. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the establishment-specific information is provided by an enhanced online media store.

4. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the establishment-specific information further comprises media information about digital media assets that have previously played in the specific establishment.

5. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the media store panel is configured to display on online media store display element, and the online media store display element displays media information about digital media assets available from an online media store.

6. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 1, comprising:

one or more device controls for initiating purchase of at least one of the digital media assets displayed in the media store display panel.

7. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 6 of a portable electronic device, wherein the establishment-specific information comprises graphical and text elements that provide information that identifies the digital media asset currently playing in the specific establishment.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 7, wherein the graphical elements comprise album cover graphics.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

a display panel that provides a link to a listing of digital media assets that have previously been played in the specific establishment.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the establishment-specific information comprises information about a digital media asset that was previously played in the specific establishment.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 10, wherein the information about the digital media asset comprises metadata pertaining to the digital media asset, and

wherein the establishment-specific information comprises a now-playing module.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 10, wherein the digital media asset is a song, and wherein the information about the digital media asset comprises two or more of artist name, album name and album image.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 10, wherein said graphical user interface further comprising:

a recently played indicator that provides or serves as a reference to recently played digital media assets.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 10, wherein the establishment-specific information further comprises a list of recently played digital media assets.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 10, wherein said graphical user interface further comprising:

one or more device controls for purchasing one or more digital media assets.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 1, wherein said graphical user interface further comprising:

a two-state device control for purchasing an associated one or more displayed digital media assets, wherein the device control displays a price for the associated one or more displayed digital media assets in the first state and the device control displays a purchase confirmation for the purchase of the associated one or more displayed digital media assets in the second state.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 16, wherein operating the two-state control when the two-state control is in the first state transitions the two-state control from the first state to the second state, and

wherein operating the two-state control when the two-state control is in the second state initiates the purchase of the associated one or more digital media assets.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 16, wherein the establishment-specific information comprises media information about media assets that have previously played in the particular establishment.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 1, wherein said graphical user interface further comprising:

one or more links to one or more displayed digital media assets displayed on the media store display panel, wherein the one or more links to the one or more displayed digital media assets comprise media asset information about the one or more displayed digital media assets.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 19, wherein using a single-tap to operate a link to a displayed digital media asset initiates a preview of the displayed digital media asset to be presented, and

wherein using a double-tap to operate a link to a displayed media asset displays additional information about the displayed digital media asset.

21. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 19, wherein the establishment-specific information comprises media information about media assets that have previously played in the particular establishment.