Setup procedures for an electronic device

• US 10,771,847 B2
• Filed: 09/27/2018
• Issued: 09/08/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Balsamo, Tito Lloyd
• Primary Examiner(s): Spratt, Beau D
• Application Number:
  US16/144,077
• Publication Number:
  US 20190373320A1
• Time in Patent Office: 712 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3215 Monitoring of peripheral devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3265 Power saving in display device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/57 Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms, e.g. secure boots or power-downs, version controls, system software checks, secure updates or assessing vulnerabilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6254 by anonymising data, e.g. decorrelating personal data from the owner's identification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 : by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 : using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 : for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/441 : Acquiring end-user identification , e.g. using personal code sent by the remote control or by inserting a card
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4432 : Powering on the client, e.g. bootstrap loading using setup parameters being stored locally or received from the server resetting in general G06F1/14; program loading or initiating in general G06F9/445; bootstrapping in general G06F9/4401; secure boots of computer platforms G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4516 : involving client characteristics, e.g. Set-Top-Box type, software version or amount of memory available
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4586 : Content update operation triggered locally, e.g. by comparing the version of software modules in a DVB carousel to the version stored locally deployment, distribution, installation, update of software G06F8/65; error detection or correction of the data by redundancy during software upgrading G06F11/1433; arrangements for updating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/25
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 : End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 : Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

In some embodiments, an electronic device can guide the user in setting up the device for the first time or after a factory reset. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates suggesting and installing applications on the electronic device during device setup. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates transferring settings and information from another electronic device during device setup.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

at an electronic device in communication with a display and one or more input devices;

determining a primary content provider for the electronic device that allows for content associated with the primary content provider to be accessible on the electronic device;

after determining the primary content provider for the electronic device, displaying, on the display, one or more representations of one or more suggested applications to install on the electronic device based on the determined primary content provider, including a first application associated with the primary content provider;

while displaying the one or more representations of the one or more suggested applications, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a single input corresponding to a request to install the one or more suggested applications on the electronic device;

in response to receiving the single input;

installing the one or more suggested applications on the electronic device; and

in accordance with a determination that one or more criteria are met;

authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider;

granting access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider to the one or more suggested applications, wherein granting access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider to the one or more suggested applications provides the electronic device with access to media content via the one or more suggested applications; and

enabling sharing of content viewing information associated with the one or more suggested applications with a unified media browsing application installed on the electronic device; and

after receiving the single input;

receiving, via the one or more suggested applications at the electronic device, the media content using the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider; and

displaying, in the unified media browsing application, one or more representations of media content based on the content viewing information associated with the one or more suggested applications.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the primary content provider for the electronic device comprises automatically determining the primary content provider based on a predefined association of the electronic device with the primary content provider.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

in response to receiving the single input corresponding to the request to install the one or more suggested applications on the electronic device;

in accordance with a determination that authentication of the electronic device with the primary content provider using the predefined association is successful and one or more unified media browsing application eligibility criteria are not met;

authorizing the device with the primary content provider;

granting access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider to the first application; and

forgoing enabling sharing of content viewing information associated with the first application with a unified media browsing application installed on the electronic device.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

in response to receiving the single input corresponding to the request to install the one or more suggested applications on the electronic device;

in accordance with a determination that authentication of the electronic device with the primary content provider using the predefined association is not successful and one or more unified media browsing application eligibility criteria are met, requesting, from a user of the electronic device, manual authentication of the electronic device with the primary content provider.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

in response to receiving the single input corresponding to the request to install the one or more suggested applications on the electronic device;

in accordance with a determination that authentication of the electronic device with the primary content provider using the predefined association is not successful and one or more unified media browsing application eligibility criteria are not met;

forgoing authorizing the device with the primary content provider;

forgoing granting access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider to the first application; and

forgoing enabling sharing of content viewing information associated with the first application with a unified media browsing application installed on the electronic device.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the predetermined association of the electronic device with the primary content provider comprises an association of a unique identifier of the electronic device with a user account for accessing content from the primary content provider.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a primary content provider for the electronic device comprises:

receiving, via the one or more input devices, user input selecting the primary content provider for the electronic device.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

after receiving the user input selecting the primary content provider, receiving, via the one or more input devices, user input for authenticating the electronic device with the determined primary content provider using a user credential;

wherein in accordance with a determination that authentication of the electronic device with the primary content provider using the user credential is successful, the one or more suggested applications to install comprise a plurality of applications, corresponding to a plurality of secondary content providers, for accessing content from the plurality of secondary content providers to which the user credential with the primary content provider enables access.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the plurality of applications comprise a predetermined number of top-used applications.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

in response to receiving the single input corresponding to the request to install the one or more suggested applications on the electronic device;

authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider;

granting access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider to the installed plurality of applications;

in accordance with a determination that one or more unified media browsing application eligibility criteria are met, enabling sharing of content viewing information associated with the installed plurality of applications with a unified media browsing application installed on the electronic device; and

in accordance with a determination that the one or more unified media browsing application eligibility criteria are not met, forgoing enabling sharing of content viewing information associated with the installed plurality of applications with the unified media browsing application installed on the electronic device.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to launch a respective application installed on the electronic device; and

in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to launch the respective application;

in accordance with a determination that the user credential with the determined primary content provider enabled the user to access content via the respective application when the single input corresponding to the request to install the one or more suggested applications on the electronic device was received, launching the respective application without requesting user input for granting or denying the respective application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the determined primary content provider; and

in accordance with a determination that the user credential with the determined primary content provider did not enable the user to access content via the respective application when the single input corresponding to the request to install the one or more suggested applications on the electronic device was received;

requesting user input for granting or denying the respective application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the determined primary content provider.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the primary content provider for the electronic device comprises:

in accordance with a determination that a location of the electronic device is associated with only one primary content provider, selecting the only one primary content provider as the determined primary content provider.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising after installing the one or more suggested applications, displaying a representation of the first application associated with the primary content provider in a prioritized location on a home screen of the electronic device.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more criteria includes a criterion that authentication of the electronic device with the primary content provider using the predefined association is successful and a criterion that one or more unified media browsing application eligibility criteria are met.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the content viewing information includes user viewing activity associated with the respective suggested application.

16. An electronic device, comprising:

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 including instructions for;

determining a primary content provider for the electronic device that allows for content associated with the primary content provider to be accessible on the electronic device;

after determining the primary content provider for the electronic device, displaying, on the display, one or more representations of one or more suggested applications to install on the electronic device based on the determined primary content provider, including a first application associated with the primary content provider;

while displaying the one or more representations of the one or more suggested applications, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a single input corresponding to a request to install the one or more suggested applications on the electronic device;

in response to receiving the single input;

installing the one or more suggested applications on the electronic device; and

in accordance with a determination that one or more criteria are met;

authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider;

granting access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider to the one or more suggested applications, wherein granting access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider to the one or more suggested applications provides the electronic device with access to media content via the one or more suggested applications; and

enabling sharing of content viewing information associated with the one or more suggested applications with a unified media browsing application installed on the electronic device; and

after receiving the single input;

receiving, via the one or more suggested applications at the electronic device, the media content using the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider; and

displaying, in the unified media browsing application, one or more representations of media content based on the content viewing information associated with the one or more suggested applications.

17. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein determining the primary content provider for the electronic device comprises automatically determining the primary content provider based on a predefined association of the electronic device with the primary content provider.

18. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

in response to receiving the single input corresponding to the request to install the one or more suggested applications on the electronic device;

in accordance with a determination that authentication of the electronic device with the primary content provider using the predefined association is successful and one or more unified media browsing application eligibility criteria are not met;

authorizing the device with the primary content provider;

granting access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider to the first application; and

forgoing enabling sharing of content viewing information associated with the first application with a unified media browsing application installed on the electronic device.

19. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

in response to receiving the single input corresponding to the request to install the one or more suggested applications on the electronic device;

in accordance with a determination that authentication of the electronic device with the primary content provider using the predefined association is not successful and one or more unified media browsing application eligibility criteria are met, requesting, from a user of the electronic device, manual authentication of the electronic device with the primary content provider.

20. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

in response to receiving the single input corresponding to the request to install the one or more suggested applications on the electronic device;

in accordance with a determination that authentication of the electronic device with the primary content provider using the predefined association is not successful and one or more unified media browsing application eligibility criteria are not met;

forgoing authorizing the device with the primary content provider;

forgoing granting access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider to the first application; and

forgoing enabling sharing of content viewing information associated with the first application with a unified media browsing application installed on the electronic device.

21. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the predetermined association of the electronic device with the primary content provider comprises an association of a unique identifier of the electronic device with a user account for accessing content from the primary content provider.

22. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein determining a primary content provider for the electronic device comprises:

receiving, via the one or more input devices, user input selecting the primary content provider for the electronic device.

23. The electronic device of claim 22, wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

after receiving the user input selecting the primary content provider, receiving, via the one or more input devices, user input for authenticating the electronic device with the determined primary content provider using a user credential;

wherein in accordance with a determination that authentication of the electronic device with the primary content provider using the user credential is successful, the one or more suggested applications to install comprise a plurality of applications, corresponding to a plurality of secondary content providers, for accessing content from the plurality of secondary content providers to which the user credential with the primary content provider enables access.

24. The electronic device of claim 23, wherein the plurality of applications comprise a predetermined number of top-used applications.

25. The electronic device of claim 23, wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

in response to receiving the single input corresponding to the request to install the one or more suggested applications on the electronic device;

authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider;

granting access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider to the installed plurality of applications;

in accordance with a determination that one or more unified media browsing application eligibility criteria are met, enabling sharing of content viewing information associated with the installed plurality of applications with a unified media browsing application installed on the electronic device; and

in accordance with a determination that the one or more unified media browsing application eligibility criteria are not met, forgoing enabling sharing of content viewing information associated with the installed plurality of applications with the unified media browsing application installed on the electronic device.

26. The electronic device of claim 25, wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to launch a respective application installed on the electronic device; and

in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to launch the respective application;

in accordance with a determination that the user credential with the determined primary content provider enabled the user to access content via the respective application when the single input corresponding to the request to install the one or more suggested applications on the electronic device was received, launching the respective application without requesting user input for granting or denying the respective application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the determined primary content provider; and

in accordance with a determination that the user credential with the determined primary content provider did not enable the user to access content via the respective application when the single input corresponding to the request to install the one or more suggested applications on the electronic device was received;

requesting user input for granting or denying the respective application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the determined primary content provider.

27. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein determining the primary content provider for the electronic device comprises:

in accordance with a determination that a location of the electronic device is associated with only one primary content provider, selecting the only one primary content provider as the determined primary content provider.

28. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for after installing the one or more suggested applications, displaying a representation of the first application associated with the primary content provider in a prioritized location on a home screen of the electronic device.

29. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the one or more criteria includes a criterion that authentication of the electronic device with the primary content provider using the predefined association is successful and a criterion that one or more unified media browsing application eligibility criteria are met.

30. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the content viewing information includes user viewing activity associated with the respective suggested application.

31. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform a method comprising:

determining a primary content provider for the electronic device that allows for content associated with the primary content provider to be accessible on the electronic device;

after determining the primary content provider for the electronic device, displaying, on the display, one or more representations of one or more suggested applications to install on the electronic device based on the determined primary content provider, including a first application associated with the primary content provider;

while displaying the one or more representations of the one or more suggested applications, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a single input corresponding to a request to install the one or more suggested applications on the electronic device;

in response to receiving the single input;

installing the one or more suggested applications on the electronic device;

authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider;

granting access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider to the one or more suggested applications, wherein granting access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider to the one or more suggested applications provides the electronic device with access to media content via the one or more suggested applications; and

enabling sharing of content viewing information associated with the one or more suggested applications with a unified media browsing application installed on the electronic device; and

after receiving the single input;

receiving, via the one or more suggested applications at the electronic device, the media content using the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider; and

displaying, in the unified media browsing application, one or more representations of media content based on the content viewing information associated with the one or more suggested applications.

32. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 31, wherein determining the primary content provider for the electronic device comprises automatically determining the primary content provider based on a predefined association of the electronic device with the primary content provider.

33. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 32, wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

in response to receiving the single input corresponding to the request to install the one or more suggested applications on the electronic device;

in accordance with a determination that authentication of the electronic device with the primary content provider using the predefined association is successful and one or more unified media browsing application eligibility criteria are not met;

authorizing the device with the primary content provider;

granting access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider to the first application; and

forgoing enabling sharing of content viewing information associated with the first application with a unified media browsing application installed on the electronic device.

34. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 32, wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

in response to receiving the single input corresponding to the request to install the one or more suggested applications on the electronic device;

in accordance with a determination that authentication of the electronic device with the primary content provider using the predefined association is not successful and one or more unified media browsing application eligibility criteria are met, requesting, from a user of the electronic device, manual authentication of the electronic device with the primary content provider.

35. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 32, wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

in response to receiving the single input corresponding to the request to install the one or more suggested applications on the electronic device;

in accordance with a determination that authentication of the electronic device with the primary content provider using the predefined association is not successful and one or more unified media browsing application eligibility criteria are not met;

forgoing authorizing the device with the primary content provider;

forgoing granting access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider to the first application; and

forgoing enabling sharing of content viewing information associated with the first application with a unified media browsing application installed on the electronic device.

36. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 32, wherein the predetermined association of the electronic device with the primary content provider comprises an association of a unique identifier of the electronic device with a user account for accessing content from the primary content provider.

37. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 31, wherein determining a primary content provider for the electronic device comprises:

receiving, via the one or more input devices, user input selecting the primary content provider for the electronic device.

38. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 37, wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

after receiving the user input selecting the primary content provider, receiving, via the one or more input devices, user input for authenticating the electronic device with the determined primary content provider using a user credential;

wherein in accordance with a determination that authentication of the electronic device with the primary content provider using the user credential is successful, the one or more suggested applications to install comprise a plurality of applications, corresponding to a plurality of secondary content providers, for accessing content from the plurality of secondary content providers to which the user credential with the primary content provider enables access.

39. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 38, wherein the plurality of applications comprise a predetermined number of top-used applications.

40. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 38, wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

in response to receiving the single input corresponding to the request to install the one or more suggested applications on the electronic device;

authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider;

granting access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider to the installed plurality of applications;

in accordance with a determination that one or more unified media browsing application eligibility criteria are met, enabling sharing of content viewing information associated with the installed plurality of applications with a unified media browsing application installed on the electronic device; and

in accordance with a determination that the one or more unified media browsing application eligibility criteria are not met, forgoing enabling sharing of content viewing information associated with the installed plurality of applications with the unified media browsing application installed on the electronic device.

41. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 40, wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to launch a respective application installed on the electronic device; and

in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to launch the respective application;

in accordance with a determination that the user credential with the determined primary content provider enabled the user to access content via the respective application when the single input corresponding to the request to install the one or more suggested applications on the electronic device was received, launching the respective application without requesting user input for granting or denying the respective application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the determined primary content provider; and

in accordance with a determination that the user credential with the determined primary content provider did not enable the user to access content via the respective application when the single input corresponding to the request to install the one or more suggested applications on the electronic device was received;

requesting user input for granting or denying the respective application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the determined primary content provider.

42. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 31, wherein determining the primary content provider for the electronic device comprises:

in accordance with a determination that a location of the electronic device is associated with only one primary content provider, selecting the only one primary content provider as the determined primary content provider.

43. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 31, wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for after installing the one or more suggested applications, displaying a representation of the first application associated with the primary content provider in a prioritized location on a home screen of the electronic device.

44. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 31, wherein the one or more criteria includes a criterion that authentication of the electronic device with the primary content provider using the predefined association is successful and a criterion that one or more unified media browsing application eligibility criteria are met.

45. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 31, wherein the content viewing information includes user viewing activity associated with the respective suggested application.