Device-level authorization for viewing content

• US 9,913,142 B2
• Filed: 09/21/2016
• Issued: 03/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Folse, Jennifer L. C., Lochhead, Jonathan, Gruenke, Florian, Bachman, William M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gee, Jason K
• Application Number:
  US15/272,397
• Publication Number:
  US 20170359722A1
• Time in Patent Office: 531 Days
• 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 21/51 at application loading time, e.g. accepting, rejecting, starting or inhibiting executable software based on integrity or source reliability
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications

Abstract

In some embodiments, an electronic device organizes and selectively grants access to its authorization with a primary content provider to applications downloaded on the electronic device for viewing content from secondary content providers. In some embodiments, an electronic device prompts a user to download applications associated with a primary content provider in response to the user authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

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

receiving, via the one or more input devices, a sequence of one or more inputs that authorizes the electronic device with a primary content provider based on a user subscription to the primary content provider, the primary content provider having access to content from a plurality of secondary content providers that is accessible on the electronic device via a plurality of applications associated with the secondary content providers, wherein the plurality of applications are installed on the electronic device;

after authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider, displaying, on the display, a settings user interface of the electronic device from which access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider can be granted or denied to one or more applications on the electronic device; and

while displaying the settings user interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a sequence of one or more inputs that grant access to the authorization of the electronic device to a first application of the plurality of applications associated with a first secondary content provider, wherein the settings user interface is not a user interface of the first application, and granting the access to the authorization of the electronic device, with the primary content provider, to the first application authorizes the first application to provide content, on the electronic device, from the first secondary content provider.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

after authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider, launching a second application associated with a second secondary content provider of the plurality of secondary content providers, wherein the second application has not been granted access to the authorization of the electronic device; and

in response to launching the second application, displaying, on the display, an authorization access user interface for granting or denying the second application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider;

while displaying the authorization access user interface, receiving an input; and

in response to receiving the input, in accordance with a determination that the input grants the second application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider, providing content, from the second secondary content provider, in the second application.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

in accordance with the determination that the input grants the second application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider, updating the settings user interface to reflect that the second application has access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

in accordance with a determination that the input denies the second application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider, requiring the user to separately authorize, from the second application, the second application with the primary content provider before providing content, from the second secondary content provider, in the second application,

wherein after the user separately authorizes the second application with the primary content provider, the settings user interface indicates that the second application does not have access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

while displaying the settings user interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a sequence of one or more inputs that deny access to the authorization of the electronic device to a second application of the plurality of applications associated with a second secondary content provider.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the settings user interface includes a plurality of selectable user interface elements corresponding to the plurality of applications via which the content from the plurality of secondary content providers is accessible, from which the access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider is granted or denied in response to selection of respective ones of the plurality of user interface elements.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the plurality of applications associated with the secondary content providers includes a first set of applications associated with a first set of secondary content providers to which the user subscription with the primary content provider permits access, and a second set of applications associated with a second set of secondary content providers to which the user subscription with the primary content provider does not permit access, and

the settings user interface allows granting or denying access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider to applications, on the electronic device, in the first set of applications and the second set of applications.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the plurality of applications associated with the secondary content providers includes a first set of applications associated with a first set of secondary content providers to which the user subscription with the primary content provider permits access, and a second set of applications associated with a second set of secondary content providers to which the user subscription with the primary content provider does not permit access, and

the settings user interface allows granting or denying access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider to applications, on the electronic device, in the first set of applications, but not to applications in the second set of applications.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

after the first application is granted access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider, launching the first application on the electronic device; and

in response to launching the first application, providing content, from the first secondary content provider associated with the first application, in the first application, without requiring the user to separately authorize the first application with the primary content provider.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein:

after authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider, the settings user interface includes a link for downloading an application associated with the primary content provider, wherein the settings user interface did not include the link before the electronic device was authorized with the primary content provider.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

after authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a sequence of one or more inputs that revokes the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider; and

in response to the sequence of one or more inputs;

revoking the authorization with the primary content provider; and

preventing access to content from the secondary content providers that were authorized via the primary content provider.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

while the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider is revoked, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a sequence of one or more inputs that authorizes the electronic device with a second primary content provider based on a user subscription to the second primary content provider, the second primary content provider having access to content from a second plurality of secondary content providers, different from the plurality of secondary content providers, that is accessible on the electronic device via a second plurality of applications associated with the second plurality of secondary content providers;

after authorizing the electronic device with the second primary content provider, displaying, on the display, a second settings user interface of the electronic device, different from the settings user interface, from which access to the authorization of the electronic device with the second primary content provider can be granted or denied to one or more applications on the electronic device; and

while displaying the second settings user interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a sequence of one or more inputs that grant access to the authorization of the electronic device with the second primary content provider to a respective application of the second plurality of applications associated with a respective secondary content provider of the second plurality of secondary content providers, wherein the second settings user interface is not a user interface of the respective application of the second plurality of applications.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein:

authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider occurs from a user interface of an operating system of the electronic device, and

the sequence of one or more inputs that authorizes the electronic device with the primary content provider includes an input selecting the primary content provider from a list of primary content providers that support authorization with the electronic device.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein:

authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider occurs from a user interface of an operating system of the electronic device,

the sequence of one or more inputs that authorizes the electronic device with the primary content provider includes an input selecting the primary content provider from a list of primary content providers, and

the method further comprises;

in accordance with a determination that the primary content provider selected from the list of primary content providers does not support authorization with the electronic device to which applications on the electronic device can be granted access, displaying a link to instructions from the selected primary content provider as to how to authorize the applications on the electronic device to access content from their corresponding secondary content providers.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein:

authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider occurs from a user interface of one of the plurality of applications associated with the secondary content providers, and

the sequence of one or more inputs that authorizes the electronic device with the primary content provider includes an input selecting the primary content provider from a list of primary content providers that support authorization with the electronic device.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

after authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider, downloading a second application of the plurality of applications associated with a second secondary content provider;

launching the second application, wherein the second application has not been granted access to the authorization of the electronic device from the settings user interface; and

in response to launching the second application, displaying, on the display, an authorization access user interface for granting or denying the second application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider;

while displaying the authorization access user interface, receiving an input; and

in response to receiving the input, in accordance with a determination that the input grants the second application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider, providing content, from the second secondary content provider, in the second application.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

after authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider, downloading a second application of the plurality of applications associated with a second secondary content provider;

launching the second application; and

in response to launching the second application, providing content, from the second secondary content provider associated with the second application, in the second application, without requiring the user to grant the second application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

after authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider, launching a second application associated with a second secondary content provider of the plurality of secondary content providers, wherein the second application has not been granted access to the authorization of the electronic device; and

in response to launching the second application;

in accordance with a determination that the second application supports being granted access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider;

displaying, on the display, an authorization access user interface for granting or denying the second application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider; and

in accordance with a determination that the second application does not support being granted access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider;

requiring the user to separately authorize, from the second application, the second application with the primary content provider before providing content, from the second secondary content provider, in the second application.

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

while the electronic device is not authorized with the primary content provider, launching a respective application associated with a respective secondary content provider that is not yet authorized with a primary content provider;

in response to launching the respective application, displaying an authorization user interface for authorizing the respective application with a respective primary content provider;

receiving, via the one or more input devices, input authorizing the respective application with the respective primary content provider; and

in response to receiving the input authorizing the respective application with the respective primary content provider;

in accordance with a determination that the respective primary content provider supports granting a plurality of applications access to an authorization of the electronic device with the respective primary content provider, authorizing the respective application with the respective primary content provider, including authorizing the electronic device with the respective primary content provider, wherein applications other than the respective application can be granted access to the authorization of the electronic device with the respective primary content provider; and

in accordance with a determination that the respective primary content provider does not support granting a plurality of applications access to the authorization of the electronic device with the respective primary content provider, authorizing the respective application with the respective primary content provider without authorizing the electronic device with the respective primary content provider.

20. An electronic device, comprising:

one or more processors in communication with a display and one or more input devices;

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;

receiving, via the one or more input devices, a sequence of one or more inputs that authorizes the electronic device with a primary content provider based on a user subscription to the primary content provider, the primary content provider having access to content from a plurality of secondary content providers that is accessible on the electronic device via a plurality of applications associated with the secondary content providers, wherein the plurality of applications are installed on the electronic device;

after authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider, displaying, on the display, a settings user interface of the electronic device from which access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider can be granted or denied to one or more applications on the electronic device; and

while displaying the settings user interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a sequence of one or more inputs that grant access to the authorization of the electronic device to a first application of the plurality of applications associated with a first secondary content provider, wherein the settings user interface is not a user interface of the first application, and granting the access to the authorization of the electronic device, with the primary content provider, to the first application authorizes the first application to provide content, on the electronic device, from the first secondary content provider.

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

after authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider, launching a second application associated with a second secondary content provider of the plurality of secondary content providers, wherein the second application has not been granted access to the authorization of the electronic device; and

in response to launching the second application, displaying, on the display, an authorization access user interface for granting or denying the second application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider;

while displaying the authorization access user interface, receiving an input; and

in response to receiving the input, in accordance with a determination that the input grants the second application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider, providing content, from the second secondary content provider, in the second application.

22. The electronic device of claim 21, wherein the one or more programs include further instructions for:

in accordance with the determination that the input grants the second application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider, updating the settings user interface to reflect that the second application has access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider.

23. The electronic device of claim 21, wherein the one or more programs include further instructions for:

in accordance with a determination that the input denies the second application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider, requiring the user to separately authorize, from the second application, the second application with the primary content provider before providing content, from the second secondary content provider, in the second application,

wherein after the user separately authorizes the second application with the primary content provider, the settings user interface indicates that the second application does not have access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider.

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

while displaying the settings user interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a sequence of one or more inputs that deny access to the authorization of the electronic device to a second application of the plurality of applications associated with a second secondary content provider.

25. The electronic device of claim 20, wherein:

the plurality of applications associated with the secondary content providers includes a first set of applications associated with a first set of secondary content providers to which the user subscription with the primary content provider permits access, and a second set of applications associated with a second set of secondary content providers to which the user subscription with the primary content provider does not permit access, and

the settings user interface allows granting or denying access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider to applications, on the electronic device, in the first set of applications and the second set of applications.

26. The electronic device of claim 20, wherein:

the plurality of applications associated with the secondary content providers includes a first set of applications associated with a first set of secondary content providers to which the user subscription with the primary content provider permits access, and a second set of applications associated with a second set of secondary content providers to which the user subscription with the primary content provider does not permit access, and

the settings user interface allows granting or denying access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider to applications, on the electronic device, in the first set of applications, but not to applications in the second set of applications.

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

after the first application is granted access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider, launching the first application on the electronic device; and

in response to launching the first application, providing content, from the first secondary content provider associated with the first application, in the first application, without requiring the user to separately authorize the first application with the primary content provider.

28. The electronic device of claim 20, wherein:

authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider occurs from a user interface of an operating system of the electronic device, and

the sequence of one or more inputs that authorizes the electronic device with the primary content provider includes an input selecting the primary content provider from a list of primary content providers that support authorization with the electronic device.

29. The electronic device of claim 20, wherein:

authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider occurs from a user interface of an operating system of the electronic device,

the sequence of one or more inputs that authorizes the electronic device with the primary content provider includes an input selecting the primary content provider from a list of primary content providers, and

the method further comprises;

in accordance with a determination that the primary content provider selected from the list of primary content providers does not support authorization with the electronic device to which applications on the electronic device can be granted access, displaying a link to instructions from the selected primary content provider as to how to authorize the applications on the electronic device to access content from their corresponding secondary content providers.

30. The electronic device of claim 20, wherein:

authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider occurs from a user interface of one of the plurality of applications associated with the secondary content providers, and

the sequence of one or more inputs that authorizes the electronic device with the primary content provider includes an input selecting the primary content provider from a list of primary content providers that support authorization with the electronic device.

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

after authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider, downloading a second application of the plurality of applications associated with a second secondary content provider;

launching the second application, wherein the second application has not been granted access to the authorization of the electronic device from the settings user interface; and

in response to launching the second application, displaying, on the display, an authorization access user interface for granting or denying the second application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider;

while displaying the authorization access user interface, receiving an input; and

in response to receiving the input, in accordance with a determination that the input grants the second application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider, providing content, from the second secondary content provider, in the second application.

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

after authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider, downloading a second application of the plurality of applications associated with a second secondary content provider;

launching the second application; and

in response to launching the second application, providing content, from the second secondary content provider associated with the second application, in the second application, without requiring the user to grant the second application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider.

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

after authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider, launching a second application associated with a second secondary content provider of the plurality of secondary content providers, wherein the second application has not been granted access to the authorization of the electronic device; and

in response to launching the second application;

in accordance with a determination that the second application supports being granted access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider;

displaying, on the display, an authorization access user interface for granting or denying the second application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider; and

in accordance with a determination that the second application does not support being granted access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider;

requiring the user to separately authorize, from the second application, the second application with the primary content provider before providing content, from the second secondary content provider, in the second application.

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

while the electronic device is not authorized with the primary content provider, launching a respective application associated with a respective secondary content provider that is not yet authorized with a primary content provider;

in response to launching the respective application, displaying an authorization user interface for authorizing the respective application with a respective primary content provider;

receiving, via the one or more input devices, input authorizing the respective application with the respective primary content provider; and

in response to receiving the input authorizing the respective application with the respective primary content provider;

in accordance with a determination that the respective primary content provider supports granting a plurality of applications access to an authorization of the electronic device with the respective primary content provider, authorizing the respective application with the respective primary content provider, including authorizing the electronic device with the respective primary content provider, wherein applications other than the respective application can be granted access to the authorization of the electronic device with the respective primary content provider; and

in accordance with a determination that the respective primary content provider does not support granting a plurality of applications access to the authorization of the electronic device with the respective primary content provider, authorizing the respective application with the respective primary content provider without authorizing the electronic device with the respective primary content provider.

35. 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 in communication with a display device and one or more input devices, cause the electronic device to:

receive, via the one or more input devices, a sequence of one or more inputs that authorizes the electronic device with a primary content provider based on a user subscription to the primary content provider, the primary content provider having access to content from a plurality of secondary content providers that is accessible on the electronic device via a plurality of applications associated with the secondary content providers, wherein the plurality of applications are installed on the electronic device;

after authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider, display, on the display, a settings user interface of the electronic device from which access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider can be granted or denied to one or more applications on the electronic device; and

while displaying the settings user interface, receive, via the one or more input devices, a sequence of one or more inputs that grant access to the authorization of the electronic device to a first application of the plurality of applications associated with a first secondary content provider, wherein the settings user interface is not a user interface of the first application, and granting the access to the authorization of the electronic device, with the primary content provider, to the first application authorizes the first application to provide content, on the electronic device, from the first secondary content provider.

36. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35, wherein the one or more programs include further instructions that cause the electronic device to:

after authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider, launch a second application associated with a second secondary content provider of the plurality of secondary content providers, wherein the second application has not been granted access to the authorization of the electronic device; and

in response to launching the second application, display, on the display, an authorization access user interface for granting or denying the second application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider;

while displaying the authorization access user interface, receive an input; and

in response to receiving the input, in accordance with a determination that the input grants the second application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider, provide content, from the second secondary content provider, in the second application.

37. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 36, wherein the one or more programs include further instructions that cause the electronic device to:

in accordance with the determination that the input grants the second application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider, update the settings user interface to reflect that the second application has access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider.

38. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 36, wherein the one or more programs include further instructions that cause the electronic device to:

in accordance with a determination that the input denies the second application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider, require the user to separately authorize, from the second application, the second application with the primary content provider before providing content, from the second secondary content provider, in the second application,

wherein after the user separately authorizes the second application with the primary content provider, the settings user interface indicates that the second application does not have access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider.

39. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35, wherein the one or more programs include further instructions that cause the electronic device to:

while displaying the settings user interface, receive, via the one or more input devices, a sequence of one or more inputs that deny access to the authorization of the electronic device to a second application of the plurality of applications associated with a second secondary content provider.

40. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35, wherein:

the plurality of applications associated with the secondary content providers includes a first set of applications associated with a first set of secondary content providers to which the user subscription with the primary content provider permits access, and a second set of applications associated with a second set of secondary content providers to which the user subscription with the primary content provider does not permit access, and

the settings user interface allows granting or denying access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider to applications, on the electronic device, in the first set of applications and the second set of applications.

41. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35, wherein:

the plurality of applications associated with the secondary content providers includes a first set of applications associated with a first set of secondary content providers to which the user subscription with the primary content provider permits access, and a second set of applications associated with a second set of secondary content providers to which the user subscription with the primary content provider does not permit access, and

the settings user interface allows granting or denying access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider to applications, on the electronic device, in the first set of applications, but not to applications in the second set of applications.

42. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35, wherein the one or more programs include further instructions that cause the electronic device to:

after the first application is granted access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider, launch the first application on the electronic device; and

in response to launching the first application, provide content, from the first secondary content provider associated with the first application, in the first application, without requiring the user to separately authorize the first application with the primary content provider.

43. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35, wherein:

authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider occurs from a user interface of an operating system of the electronic device, and

the sequence of one or more inputs that authorizes the electronic device with the primary content provider includes an input selecting the primary content provider from a list of primary content providers that support authorization with the electronic device.

44. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35, wherein:

authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider occurs from a user interface of an operating system of the electronic device,

the sequence of one or more inputs that authorizes the electronic device with the primary content provider includes an input selecting the primary content provider from a list of primary content providers, and

the method further comprises;

in accordance with a determination that the primary content provider selected from the list of primary content providers does not support authorization with the electronic device to which applications on the electronic device can be granted access, displaying a link to instructions from the selected primary content provider as to how to authorize the applications on the electronic device to access content from their corresponding secondary content providers.

45. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35, wherein:

authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider occurs from a user interface of one of the plurality of applications associated with the secondary content providers, and

the sequence of one or more inputs that authorizes the electronic device with the primary content provider includes an input selecting the primary content provider from a list of primary content providers that support authorization with the electronic device.

46. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35, wherein the one or more programs include further instructions that cause the electronic device to:

after authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider, download a second application of the plurality of applications associated with a second secondary content provider;

launch the second application, wherein the second application has not been granted access to the authorization of the electronic device from the settings user interface; and

in response to launching the second application, display, on the display, an authorization access user interface for granting or denying the second application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider;

while displaying the authorization access user interface, receive an input; and

in response to receiving the input, in accordance with a determination that the input grants the second application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider, provide content, from the second secondary content provider, in the second application.

47. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35, wherein the one or more programs include further instructions that cause the electronic device to:

after authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider, download a second application of the plurality of applications associated with a second secondary content provider;

launch the second application; and

in response to launching the second application, provide content, from the second secondary content provider associated with the second application, in the second application, without requiring the user to grant the second application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider.

48. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35, wherein the one or more programs include further instructions that cause the electronic device to:

after authorizing the electronic device with the primary content provider, launch a second application associated with a second secondary content provider of the plurality of secondary content providers, wherein the second application has not been granted access to the authorization of the electronic device; and

in response to launching the second application;

in accordance with a determination that the second application supports being granted access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider;

display, on the display, an authorization access user interface for granting or denying the second application access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider; and

in accordance with a determination that the second application does not support being granted access to the authorization of the electronic device with the primary content provider;

require the user to separately authorize, from the second application, the second application with the primary content provider before providing content, from the second secondary content provider, in the second application.

49. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35, wherein the one or more programs include further instructions that cause the electronic device to:

while the electronic device is not authorized with the primary content provider, launch a respective application associated with a respective secondary content provider that is not yet authorized with a primary content provider;

in response to launching the respective application, display an authorization user interface for authorizing the respective application with a respective primary content provider;

receive, via the one or more input devices, input authorizing the respective application with the respective primary content provider; and

in response to receiving the input authorizing the respective application with the respective primary content provider;

in accordance with a determination that the respective primary content provider supports granting a plurality of applications access to an authorization of the electronic device with the respective primary content provider, authorize the respective application with the respective primary content provider, including authorizing the electronic device with the respective primary content provider, wherein applications other than the respective application can be granted access to the authorization of the electronic device with the respective primary content provider; and

in accordance with a determination that the respective primary content provider does not support granting a plurality of applications access to the authorization of the electronic device with the respective primary content provider, authorize the respective application with the respective primary content provider without authorizing the electronic device with the respective primary content provider.