Patent ID: 11941237
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 40:
41. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which, when executed by a computer system with a display generation component, and one or more input devices, cause the computer system to:
receive, by a receiving application of a plurality of applications, information identifying a first shared content item as shared content;
in response to receiving the information identifying the first shared content item as shared content:
in accordance with a determination that the first shared content item is of a first media type of two or more media types and that a first media application of the plurality of applications can open content of the first media type:
in accordance with a determination that providing the information identifying the first shared content item as shared content to the first media application has been authorized, automatically make the first shared content item available within the first media application, such that when the first media application is opened without opening the first shared content item, information identifying the first shared content item as being shared is displayed in the first media application, and information indicating one or more contacts that shared the first shared content item is displayed in the first media application, and
in accordance with a determination that providing information identifying the first shared content item as shared content to the first media application has not been authorized, do not make the first shared content item automatically available within the first media application; and

in accordance with a determination that the first shared content item is of a second media type of the two or more media types and that a second media application of the plurality of applications can open content of the second media type, wherein the second media application is different from the first media application and the first media type is different from the second media type:

in accordance with a determination that providing the information identifying the first shared content item as shared content to the second media application has been authorized, automatically making the first shared content item available within the second media application, such that when the second media application is opened without opening the first shared content item, information identifying the first shared content item as being shared is displayed in the second media application, and the information indicating the one or more contacts that shared the first shared content item is displayed in the second media application.