公开(公告)号：US20180278988A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-27

申请号：US15986567

申请日：2018-05-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Rachel Clare Goldeen ,  Jeffrey Ma ,  Michael Margolis ,  Rainer Brodersen ,  Calin Pacurariu ,  Jeffrey L. Robbin

IPC: H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/658 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/2225 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04L29/06

CPC classification number: H04N21/4316 ,  H04L65/4084 ,  H04N21/2225 ,  H04N21/47202 ,  H04N21/4821 ,  H04N21/6581

Abstract: Improved systems and methods to navigate, browse, search and/or playback digital media assets (e.g., media items) hosted on a media server are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention pertains to a user interface arrangement, such as a hierarchical menu system, that facilitates navigation, browsing and playing of media items remotely stored on a media server. The user interface arrangement enables user scrolling or browsing with respect to a list or set of information pertaining to media items, where the list or set can be expanded to include information for additional media items that are subsequently acquired. The user interface arrangement can also present and permit navigation of categorized media items. The user interface arrangement can be presented on a display device associated with a client device. In one embodiment, the display device can be a television and the client device can be an electronic apparatus that can couple to the media server via a network.