PATENT DOCUMENT

Publication Number: US-9558278-B2
Application Number: US-201313890888-A
Country: US
Kind Code: B2

Title: Integrated content recommendation

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices and methods for providing integrated content recommendations in a graphical user-interface GUI). Specifically, embodiments of the present disclosure employ a recommendation request from a client running a GUI for content recommendations formatted to fit within the GUI. An external component determines the recommendations, formats the recommendations to match a layout/look and feel of the GUI and the formatted recommendations are presented in the GUI as an integrated component of the GUI.

Claims:
What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with a display, cause the electronic device to:
 receive a request from a user for content recommendations based on a respective content item in a media library of the user; 
 gather source information needed to make a content recommendation for the respective content item; 
 gather graphical user interface information comprising a layout definition of the graphical user interface; 
 analyze the source information needed to make the content recommendation to determine content that is related to the source information; 
 generate the content recommendation, wherein the content recommendation comprises the content that is related to the source information in a format that is defined by the graphical user interface information; 
 provide the content recommendation to a digital content player for display within the digital content player; 
 display, on the display, a first user interface for the digital content player that includes the content recommendation for the respective media content item, the first user interface including a plurality of media content items, wherein the content recommendation includes:
 a first set of recommended media content items that are selected from content that is related to the respective media content item and are selected so as to exclude media content items that have already been added to the media library of the user; and 
 a second set of recommended media content items different from the first set of recommended content items that are selected from newly released media items and are selected so as to exclude media content items that have already been added to the media library of the user; 
 
 detect activation of an action menu icon adjacent to or within a first media content item in the plurality of media content items; and, 
 in response to detecting activation of the action menu icon adjacent to or within the first media content item:
 display an action menu for the first media content item, wherein the action menu includes:
 an add icon that when selected enables the first media content item to be added to a playlist within the digital content player; and 
 a share icon that when selected enables the first media content item to be shared with other electronic devices. 
 
 
 
     
     
       2. The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 1 , wherein the action menu icon includes a graphic with three geometric shapes. 
     
     
       3. The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 1 , wherein displaying the action menu for the first media content item includes displaying the action menu adjacent to the action menu icon. 
     
     
       4. The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 1 , wherein the action menu further includes a list of content recommendations. 
     
     
       5. The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 1 , wherein the action menu further includes a store icon that when selected accesses an online store. 
     
     
       6. The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 4 , wherein the list of content recommendations includes only content not found in a content library of the digital content player. 
     
     
       7. The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 4 , wherein the list of content recommendations includes only content found in a content library of the digital content player. 
     
     
       8. An electronic device, comprising:
 a display; 
 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: 
 receiving a request from a user for content recommendations based on a respective content item in a media library of the user; 
 gathering source information needed to make a content recommendation for the respective content item; 
 gathering graphical user interface information comprising a layout definition of the graphical user interface; 
 analyzing the source information needed to make the content recommendation to determine content that is related to the source information; 
 generating the content recommendation, wherein the content recommendation comprises the content that is related to the source information in a format that is defined by the graphical user interface information; 
 providing the content recommendation to a digital content player for display within the digital content player; 
 displaying, on the display, a first user interface for the digital content player that includes the content recommendation for the respective media content item, the first user interface including a plurality of media content items, wherein the content recommendation includes:
 a first set of recommended media content items that are selected from content that is related to the respective media content item and are selected so as to exclude media content items that have already been added to the media library of the user; and 
 a second set of recommended media content items different from the first set of recommended content items that are selected from newly released media items and are selected so as to exclude media content items that have already been added to the media library of the user; 
 
 detecting activation of an action menu icon adjacent to or within a first media content item in the plurality of media content items; and, 
 in response to detecting activation of the action menu icon adjacent to or within the first media content item:
 displaying an action menu for the first media content item, wherein the action menu includes:
 an add icon that when selected enables the first media content item to be added to a playlist within the digital content player; and 
 a share icon that when selected enables the first media content item to be shared with other electronic devices. 
 
 
 
     
     
       9. A method, comprising at an electronic device with a display:
 receiving a request from a user for content recommendations based on a respective content item in a media library of the user; 
 gathering source information needed to make a content recommendation for the respective content item; 
 gathering graphical user interface information comprising a layout definition of the graphical user interface; 
 analyzing the source information needed to make the content recommendation to determine content that is related to the source information; 
 generating the content recommendation, wherein the content recommendation comprises the content that is related to the source information in a format that is defined by the graphical user interface information; 
 providing the content recommendation to a digital content player for display within the digital content player; 
 displaying, on the display, a first user interface for the digital content player that includes the content recommendation for the respective media content item, the first user interface including a plurality of media content items, wherein the content recommendation includes:
 a first set of recommended media content items that are selected from content that is related to the respective media content item and are selected so as to exclude media content items that have already been added to the media library of the user; and 
 a second set of recommended media content items different from the first set of recommended content items that are selected from newly released media items and are selected so as to exclude media content items that have already been added to the media library of the user; 
 
 detecting activation of an action menu icon adjacent to or within a first media content item in the plurality of media content items; and, 
 in response to detecting activation of the action menu icon adjacent to or within the first media content item:
 displaying an action menu for the first media content item, wherein the action menu includes:
 an add icon that when selected enables the first media content item to be added to a playlist within the digital content player; and 
 a share icon that when selected enables the first media content item to be shared with other electronic devices.

Description:
BACKGROUND 
     This application is a Non-Provisional of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/699,788 , entitled “Integrated Content Recommendation”, filed Sep. 11, 2012 , which is herein incorporated by reference. 
     The present disclosure relates generally to a graphical user-interface, and, more particularly, to integrating content recommendations into the graphical user-interface. 
     This section is intended to introduce the reader to various aspects of art that may be related to various aspects of the present disclosure, which are described and/or claimed below. This discussion is believed to be helpful in providing the reader with background information to facilitate a better understanding of the various aspects of the present disclosure. Accordingly, it should be understood that these statements are to be read in this light, and not as admissions of prior art. 
     As the prevalence of electronic devices has increased, content, such as movies, music, images, etc., has largely become available in a digital format, displayable by these electronic devices. Accordingly, digital content players for electronic devices have become very prevalent. Manufacturers of these content players have integrated electronic storefronts into these content players to entice users to purchase additional content from the manufacturer. 
     One way that users have been enticed to purchase additional content, is through providing recommendations regarding content the user may be interested in, based upon certain features known about the user&#39;s tastes. Unfortunately, these recommendations are typically displayed in a static layout (e.g., static color-scheme, background images, etc.) that appears segmented from the rest of the content player, thus creating a segmented user experience. 
     SUMMARY 
     A summary of certain embodiments disclosed herein is set forth below. It should be understood that these aspects are presented merely to provide the reader with a brief summary of these certain embodiments and that these aspects are not intended to limit the scope of this disclosure. Indeed, this disclosure may encompass a variety of aspects that may not be set forth below. 
     Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices and methods for dynamically altering a graphical user-interface layout to include integrated recommendations of content based upon a current selection and/or content that is currently playing in a content player application. In some embodiments, a digital content player may be enabled to display dynamically changing layout parameters (e.g., background colors, background images, text colors, etc.). The recommendations may match these layout parameters, such that the recommendations appear seamless, even when the recommendations are provided by an external computer. Accordingly, the layout of content player may be enhanced by providing a cohesive recommendation list of digital content. In some embodiments, the recommendations may relate to items in an electronic storefront that have not been acquired by a user of the content player. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Various aspects of this disclosure may be better understood upon reading the following detailed description and upon reference to the drawings in which: 
         FIG. 1  is a block diagram of an example of components of an electronic device, in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 2  is a schematic diagram of an electronic device, in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 3  illustrates a system where a server, external to the content player, generates a formatted list of recommendations to be displayed by the content player, in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 4  is a flowchart illustrating a process for displaying a seamless set of user recommendations in a content player, in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 5  is a flowchart illustrating a process for providing a seamless view of recommendations from a server to the content player, in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 6A  illustrates an exemplary content player graphical user-interface with seamless user recommendations provided, in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 6B  illustrates an alternative exemplary content player graphical user-interface with seamless user recommendations provided in three-column format, in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 7  is an example of a content player GUI with an action menu icon, in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 8  is an example of a content player GUI with an action menu displayed at a song level in the “now playing” bar, in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 9  is an example of a content player GUI with an action menu displayed at the song level in a library, in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 10  is an example of a content player GUI with an action menu displayed at the album level, in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 11  is an example of a content player GUI with an action menu displayed at the artist level, in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 12  is an example of a content player GUI with an action menu at the genre level, in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 13  is an example of a content player GUI with an action menu at the title level of a movie, in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 14  is an example of a content player GUI with an action menu at the genre level of a movie view in a sidebar, in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 15  is an example of a content player GUI with an action menu at the genre level of a movie in a top bar, in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 16  is an example of a content player GUI with an action menu at the title level of a movie in an icon view, in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 17  is an example of a content player GUI with an action menu at the title level of a TV series view, in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 18  is an example of a content player GUI with an action menu at the episode level of a TV series view, in accordance with an embodiment; and 
         FIGS. 19A-G  is an example of a flow for an in the store recommendation system, in accordance with an embodiment. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF SPECIFIC EMBODIMENTS 
     One or more specific embodiments will be described below. In an effort to provide a concise description of these embodiments, not all features of an actual implementation are described in the specification. It should be appreciated that in the development of any such actual implementation, as in any engineering or design project, numerous implementation-specific decisions must be made to achieve the developers&#39; specific goals, such as compliance with system-related and business-related constraints, which may vary from one implementation to another. Moreover, it should be appreciated that such a development effort might be complex and time consuming, but would nevertheless be a routine undertaking of design, fabrication, and manufacture for those of ordinary skill having the benefit of this disclosure. 
     The present process enables recommendations of digital content to be provided from a computer external to the computer displaying the recommendations, while maintaining the layout of the computer displaying the recommendations. For example, a content player, such as the iTunes® application, available from Apple Inc. of Cupertino, California, may be enabled to receive and present a set of recommendations that have been formatted by an external computer to match formatting of the content player. Formatting of the recommendations may include changes to the background image and/or color as well as text color of a page listing the recommendations. 
     With these foregoing features in mind, a general description of suitable electronic devices for implementing aspects of the present techniques are described below. In  FIG. 1 , a block diagram depicting various components that may be present in electronic devices suitable for use with the present techniques is provided. In  FIG. 2 , one example of a suitable electronic device, here provided as a desktop computer, is depicted. This type of electronic device, and other electronic devices providing comparable storage and/or processing capabilities, may be used in conjunction with the present techniques. For example, these and similar types of electronic devices may be used to display a dynamic layout graphical user-interface, in accordance with the teachings of the present disclosure. 
     An example of a suitable electronic device may include various internal and/or external components which contribute to the function of the device.  FIG. 1  is a block diagram illustrating the components that may be present in such an electronic device  10  and which may allow the device  10  to function in accordance with the techniques discussed herein. Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various functional blocks shown in  FIG. 1  may comprise hardware elements (including circuitry), software elements (including computer code stored on a machine-readable medium) or a combination of both hardware and software elements. It should further be noted that  FIG. 1  is merely one example of a particular implementation and is merely intended to illustrate the types of components that may be present in a device  10 . For example, in the presently illustrated embodiment, these components may include a display  12 , I/O ports  16 , input structures  18 , one or more processors  20 , a memory device  22 , a non-volatile storage  24 , a networking device  26 , and a power source  28 . 
     With regard to each of these components, the display  12  may be used to display various images generated by the device  10 . The display  12  may be any type of display such as a cathode ray tube (CRT), a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light emitting diode (LED) display, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, or other suitable display. Additionally, in certain embodiments of the electronic device  10 , the display  12  may include a touch-sensitive element, such as a touch screen. 
     The I/O ports  16  may include ports configured to connect to a variety of external devices, such as a power source or other electronic devices (such as handheld devices and/or computers, printers, projectors, external displays, modems, docking stations, and so forth). The I/O ports  16  may support any interface type, such as a universal serial bus (USB) port, a video port, a serial connection port, a IEEE-1394 port, an Ethernet or modem port, and/or an AC/DC power connection port. 
     The input structures  18  may include the various devices, circuitry, and pathways by which user input or feedback is provided to the processor  20 . Such input structures  18  may be configured to control a function of the device  10  when actuated. For example, the input structures  18  may include buttons, sliders, switches, control pads, keys, knobs, scroll wheels, keyboards, mice, touchpads, and so forth. 
     In certain embodiments, an input structure  18  and display  12  may be provided together, such as in the case of a touchscreen where a touch sensitive mechanism is provided in conjunction with the display  12 . In such embodiments, the user may select or interact with displayed interface elements via the touch sensitive mechanism. In this way, the displayed user interface may provide interactive functionality, allowing a user to select, by touch screen or other input structure, from among options displayed on the display  12 . 
     User interaction with the input structures  18 , such as to interact with a user or application interface displayed on the display  12 , may generate electrical signals indicative of the user input. These input signals may be routed via suitable pathways, such as an input hub or bus, to the processor(s)  20  for further processing. 
     The processor(s)  20  may provide the processing capability to execute the operating system, programs, user and application interfaces, and any other functions of the electronic device  10 . The processor(s)  20  may include one or more microprocessors, such as one or more “general-purpose” microprocessors, one or more special-purpose microprocessors and/or ASICS, or some combination of such processing components. For example, the processor  20  may include one or more reduced instruction set (RISC) processors, as well as graphics processors, video processors, audio processors and/or related chip sets. 
     The instructions or data to be processed by the processor(s)  20  may be stored in a memory  22 . The memory  22  may be provided as a volatile memory, such as random access memory (RAM), and/or as a non-volatile memory, such as read-only memory (ROM). The memory  22  may store a variety of information and may be used for various purposes. For example, the memory  22  may store firmware for the electronic device  10  (such as a basic input/output instruction or operating system instructions), other programs that enable various functions of the electronic device  10 , user interface functions, processor functions, and may be used for buffering or caching during operation of the electronic device  10 . 
     The components may further include a non-volatile storage  24  for persistent storage of data and/or instructions. The non-volatile storage  24  may include flash memory, a hard drive, or any other optical, magnetic, and/or solid-state storage media. The non-volatile storage  24  may be used to store data files such as personal information (e.g., financial and other account information), software (e.g., an application used to store, synchronize, and/or manage financial and other account information on the electronic device  10  or on another electronic device), wireless connection information (e.g., information that may enable the electronic device  10  to establish a wireless connection, such as a telephone or wireless network connection), and any other suitable data. 
     The components depicted in  FIG. 1  also include a network device  26 , such as a network controller or a network interface card (NIC). In one embodiment, the network device  26  may be a wireless NIC providing wireless connectivity over any 802.11 standard or any other suitable wireless networking standard. The network device  26  may allow the electronic device  10  to communicate over a network, such as a Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), or the Internet. Further, the electronic device  10  may connect to and send or receive data with any device on the network, such as portable electronic devices, personal computers, printers, and so forth. Alternatively, in some embodiments, the electronic device  10  may not include a network device  26 . In such an embodiment, a NIC may be added as an expansion card to provide similar networking capability as described above. 
     Further, the components may also include a power source  28 . In one embodiment, the power source  28  may be one or more batteries, such as a lithium-ion polymer battery. The battery may be user-removable or may be secured within the housing of the electronic device  10 , and may be rechargeable. Additionally, the power source  28  may include AC power, such as provided by an electrical outlet, and the electronic device  10  may be connected to the power source  28  via a power adapter. This power adapter may also be used to recharge one or more batteries if present. 
       FIG. 2  illustrates an electronic device  10  in the form of a desktop computer  50 , such as an iMac® by Apple Inc., that may be used to generate and/or present a dynamic layout graphical user-interface. It should be noted that while the techniques will be described below in reference to illustrated electronic device  50  (which may be a desktop computer), the techniques described herein are usable with any electronic device employing a display. For example, other electronic devices may include a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a viewable content player, a mobile phone, a personal data organizer, a workstation, a standalone display, or the like. In certain embodiments, the electronic device may include a model of an iMac®, Mac® mini, Mac Pro®, MacBook®, a MacBook® Pro, MacBook Air®, Apple Cinema Display®, Apple Thunderbolt Display®, iPad®, iPod® or iPhone® available from available from Apple Inc. of Cupertino, Calif. In other embodiments, the electronic device may include other models and/or types of electronic devices, available from any manufacturer. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 2 , the desktop computer  50  includes a housing  52  that supports and protects interior components, such as processors, circuitry, and controllers, among others, that may be used to generate images to display on display  12 . Desktop computer  50  also includes user input structures  18 , shown here as a keyboard and a mouse, that may be manipulated by a user to interact with desktop computer  50 . For example, user input structures  18  may be employed to operate a graphical user interface (GUI)  54  of an operating system running on the desktop computer  50  as well as a GUI  56  of applications running on desktop computer  50 . Input structures  18  may be connected to the electronic device  10  through a wired or wireless configuration. Further, in certain embodiments, electronic device  10  may include other types of user input structures, such as a touchscreen or trackpad, among others. 
     The GUI  54  may include various layers, windows, screens, templates, or other graphical elements that may be displayed in all, or a portion, of the display  12 . Generally, the GUI  54  may include graphical elements  58  that represent applications and functions of the electronic device. The graphical elements  58  may include icons and other images representing buttons, sliders, menu bars, and the like. The icons may correspond to various applications of the electronic device that may open upon selection of a respective icon. Furthermore, selection of an icon may lead to a hierarchical navigation process, such that selection of an icon leads to a screen that includes one or more additional icons or other GUI elements  58 . The icons may be selected via a touch screen included in the display  12 , or may be selected by a user input structure  18 , such as a wheel or button. 
     When an icon is selected, the desktop computer  50  may be configured to open an application associated with that icon and display a corresponding screen. For example, when the “iTunes” icon  60  is selected, the desktop computer  50  may be configured to open an application GUI  56  for the iTunes® application. 
     As discussed above the content player (e.g., the iTunes® application) may include functionality to: request recommendations based upon data obtained from the content player, receive the recommendations in a format that matches the GUI  56  of the iTunes® environment, and display the formatted recommendations in the content player. 
       FIG. 3  is a schematic view of an integrated content recommendation system  90 , in accordance with an embodiment. The system  90  may include a client  92  hosting a content player  94 , such as a version of the iTunes® application, by Apple Inc. The client  92  may be connected to a server  96  that may host one or more services (e.g., recommendation analyzer  98  and/or recommendation formatter  100 ) to provide recommendations for content to the client  92 , and ultimately, the content player  94 . The client  92  and server  96  may be connected via a communications network  102 , such as the Internet. 
     As illustrated, information  104  useful to make accurate recommendations and GUI information  106  may be sent from the content player  94  of the client  92  to the server  96  via the communications network  102 . The information  104  may include a variety of attributes pertaining to content played and/or accessed by the content player  94 . For example, frequently accessed genres, artists, albums, songs, movies, television episodes, etc. may be included in the information  104 . In some embodiments, the information  104  may include playlists or other lists that describe a relationship between multiple pieces of content. The information  104  may include a list of content stored and/or owned by a user of the content player  94 . Further, the information  104  may include user attribute information, such as the user&#39;s location, age, sex, etc. The information  104  may include an indication of content or content attributes that are currently being played in the content player  94 . For example, the information  104  may include an indication that a particular song, album, artist, and/or genre is currently playing. In some embodiments, metadata relating to content may be included in the information  104 . For example, metadata for content in a media library may be accumulated from the client  92  and/or may be determined from a metadata database, such as Gracenote®. 
     Based upon this information  104 , the recommendation analyzer  98  may provide content recommendations. For example, the recommendation analyzer  98  may make playlist recommendations, such as through a Genius® feature in iTunes®. Further, recommendations of particular items, such as songs, albums, TV episodes, movies, podcasts, etc. that the user of the content player  94  may wish to acquire based upon the information  104  may be provided. For example, the recommendation analyzer  98  may determine that a user has five songs found on a particular album and that other user&#39;s have typically acquired the whole album. Accordingly, the recommendation analyzer  98  may recommend the remaining un-acquired songs from the album. 
     While the recommendation analyzer  98  and the recommendation formatter  100  are illustrated as two separate services, such illustration is not intended to limit the scope of this disclosure. For example, the recommendation analyzer  98  and the recommendation formatter  100  may be combined into a single service or may be further broken down into more than two services. 
     As discussed above, the information  104  may indicate a particular song, album, artist, and/or genre that is currently paying in the content player  94 . Accordingly, a view may be integrated into the content player  94  that provides recommendations based upon the content that is currently playing. As may be appreciated, there may be different levels of granularity associated with particular selections within the content player  94 . For example, as discussed above, in a music context, a user may select a particular genre, artist, album, and/or song. As the granularity of the information  104  is increased, the recommendation accuracy may also increase. When there are less granular offerings, the recommendation accuracy may be decreased. 
     Information  106  may include a page size that may be accepted by the content player  94 . For example, the content player may have a  300  pixel width x  300  pixel height placeholder to provide content recommendations provided by the server  96 . Such information may be provided in the information  106 . Further, information  104  may include information about a color scheme and/or other look and feel elements that should be considered when generating the recommendations. For example, the information  106  may include may include a color scheme including particular colors to use for primary text, secondary text, and/or tertiary text. Further, the information  106  may specify a particular background color and/or background image to be displayed. 
     Based upon the recommendations determined by the recommendation analyzer  98  and based upon the GUI information  106 , the recommendation formatter  100  may generate a page  108  containing the recommendations and that is customized for the GUI of the content player  94 . Accordingly, the content player  94  may reference the page  108  (e.g., by in taking and displaying the page  108  or presenting an externally served page  108 , such as a webpage served from server  96 ). 
       FIG. 4  illustrates a process  130  for presenting integrated content recommendations in a content player, such as content player  94  of  FIG. 3 . The process  130  begins by detecting a request for content recommendations, such as content recommendations from a particular electronic storefront (e.g., an iTunes® storefront provided by Apple Inc.) (block  132 ). The content player may detect a request for recommendations based upon a user providing input via an input structure. For example, as will be discussed in more detail regarding  FIGS. 6A and 6B , the user may select an “In the store” button or tab on the content player that indicates a desire to receive content recommendations from the storefront. Information useful for making the recommendation, such as information  104  of  FIG. 3 , is gathered (block  134 ). Additionally, the GUI information, such as information  106  of  FIG. 3 , is gathered (block  136 ). The information gathered from blocks  134  and  136  are provided to a computer serving a content recommendation analyzer  98  and/or recommendation formatter  100 , such as server  96  of  FIG. 3  (block  138 ). The information may be sent as a single set of data or may be sent in multiple sets of data. For example, the information obtained in block  134  may be provided to the recommendation analyzer  98  and the information obtained in block  136  may be separately provided to the recommendation formatter  100 . Alternatively, both the data obtained in block  134  and the data obtained in block  136  may be sent, in a combined data set, to the recommendation analyzer  98  and/or the recommendation formatter  100 . Once recommendations have been prepared by the recommendation analyzer  98  and/or the recommendation formatter  100 , the formatted recommendations are received by the content player (block  140 ) where they are displayed by the content player (block  142 ). As discussed above, recommendation data may be provided directly to the content player or the content player may access a web page or other form of formatted recommendation list hosted by a server. 
       FIG. 5  illustrates a process  170  for providing an integrated list of recommendations to the content player, such as the content player  94  of  FIG. 3 . The process begins by receiving information useful for making recommendations and information useful for formatting recommendation results in a manner that the results may appear integrated into the GUI of the content player (blocks  172  and  174 , respectively). The recommendations are determined based at least in part upon the information received in block  172  (block  176 ). For example, the currently selected content may be provided in the information and may be a basis for recommendations determined in block  176 . Next, a recommendation page (e.g., page  108  of  FIG. 3 ) is generated (block  178 ). The recommendation page (e.g., page  108  of  FIG. 3 ) may include a layout/look and feel that matches the GUI of the content player by applying GUI information received from block  174  to the layout/look and feel of the recommendation page (e.g., page  108  of  FIG. 3 ). Last, the formatted recommendation page (e.g., page  108  of  FIG. 3 ) is provided to the content player (block  180 ). For example, the page (e.g., page  108  of  FIG. 3 ) may be served by the server as a web page or the page may be transmitted to the content player in the form of a web page or XML page or other page that may be transformed into a webpage at the content player. 
       FIG. 6A  illustrates an example of a view of a content player  94  with integrated recommendations  202 . As discussed above, the recommendations may be based upon a selection and/or content that is currently playing in the content player  94 . For example, in the provided example, recommendations based upon a selection within the content player  94  are provided. As illustrated by the selector arrow  204 , the user has selected “Born in the U.S.A.,” in an album view, to obtain content information (e.g., acquired songs, album information, etc.). As illustrated, the user has selected an “In the store” button  206  or tab  210 , which signals that recommendations based upon the album “Born in the U.S.A.” The content player  94  may request formatted recommendations from a server, such as the iTunes® storefront (e.g., a service running on server  96  of  FIG. 3 ). The storefront may provide a webpage or other data convertible into a view for the content player  94 . 
     As discussed above, the recommendation page (e.g., page  108  of  FIG. 3 ) may be formatted to fit within the content player  94 , thus forming the integrated recommendations page  202 . For example, when making the recommendation request, the content player  94  may provide a height  212  and/or a width  214  that the page should conform to when returning from the storefront. Additionally, primary text colors, secondary text colors, tertiary text colors, and background colors may be defined for primary text  216 , secondary text  218 , tertiary text  220 , and background  222 , respectively. As illustrated, primary text  216  may be a first level of text, with a higher level of prominence (e.g., an album title in the album view). Secondary text may include less prominent text on a secondary level (e.g., artist, album date, section headers, etc., in the album view). Tertiary text may be text on third level of prominence (e.g., secondary artists for the album, section body text, etc. in the album view). The page (e.g., recommendations page  202 ) may also be formatted with a background image  224  that may fade into the background of the page. The background image  224  may be dictated in the recommendation request by the content player  94  to the storefront. As illustrated, recommendations  226  may be displayed according to the layout defined in the recommendation request. The color scheme and background images  224  may be determined by the Application No.61/699,758 entitled “AUTOMATED GRAPHICAL USER-INTERFACE LAYOUT”, filed September 11, 2012, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety. 
     The recommendations  226  may provide numerous types of recommendations. For example, as illustrated, in some embodiments, recommendations  226  are based upon top songs by the same artist, top albums by the same artist, content that other users have purchased based upon the currently selected content, and/or suggestions to complete a set of content. For example, based upon sending the artist Bruce Springsteen, the content player  94  has been sent recommendations  228 , which are other popular songs by Bruce Springsteen. Additionally, recommendations  230 , providing other popular albums by Bruce Springsteen, may be provided. In addition, the storefront and/or recommendation analyzer may obtain the purchase history of other users that have selected “Born in the U.S.A.” and may provide recommendations  232  based upon this history. Further, a geography of the user and/or other characteristics of the user may be used to determine recommendations of content. Additionally, based upon a content library accessed by the content player  94 , describing content owned and/or acquired by the user, the recommendations page  202  may include recommendations  234  for songs that may complete a collection (e.g., an album). As illustrated, in a complete the collection recommendation section, an indication  236  of already owned pieces of content in the collection may be provided. Further, the number and type of recommendations provided in the recommendation area  202  may be determined based upon the recommendation request provided by the content player  94 , the type of selection that the recommendation is being made for (e.g., recommendations for an album view vs. an artist view), or the size allotted for the recommendation section  202 . For example, when the space allotted for section  202  is small, the number of recommendations may be few. When the space allotted for section  202  is large, the number of recommendations may be many. 
     As may be understood from the discussion above, the content player  94  may be aware of content already owned and/or acquired by a user (e.g., by taking an inventory of a content library associated with the content player  94 ). Accordingly, in some embodiments, the recommendations  226  may make use of this information to only provide recommendations for content not already owned and/or acquired by the user. Because these recommendations have not been acquired by the user, a purchase option  238  may be provided in the recommendation area  202 . 
     In alternative embodiments, recommendations may exclusively recommend content already acquired by the user or may recommend some content that has been acquired by the user and some content that has not been acquired by the user. Further, as may be appreciated, the content recommendations may change as new selections are made. For example, if an alternative album cover  240  is selected, the content recommendations based upon the album associated with cover  240  may be provided in the content player  94 . 
     Additionally, the recommendations  226  may be cached, either locally to the client (e.g., client  92  of  FIG. 3 ) hosting the content player  94 , remotely on a server (e.g. server  96  of  FIG. 3 ) providing the recommendations, or in remote storage. Accordingly, the processing power and network communication needed to determine recommendations may be reduced. 
       FIG. 6B  is an alternative example of a view of a content player  94  with integrated recommendations  202 . Similar to  FIG. 6A , the user has selected an “In the store” button  206  or tab  210 , which signals that recommendations based upon the album “The Light of the Sun” The content player  94  may request formatted recommendations from a server, such as the iTunes® storefront (e.g., a service running on server  96  of  FIG. 3 ). The storefront may provide a webpage or other data convertible into a view for the content player  94 . 
     The current view provides a sidebar  242  with content  244  already acquired by the user of the content player  94 . Source indicators  246  may illustrate where the content  244  for is stored (e.g., in cloud-based storage). The view may include columns  248  with various sections of recommendations. For example, a new releases section  250  may be included that provides content or collections of content that have been recently released (or have most recently been released as compared to other content). The top content (e.g., “top songs”) section  252  may provide songs or other content that user may desire to acquire based upon the user&#39;s activity in the content player  94 , the current selections in the content player  94 , or both. The top collections (e.g., “top albums”) section  254  may provide albums or other collections of content that a user may desire to acquire based upon the user&#39;s activity in the content player  94 , the current selections in the content player  94 , or both. Additionally, a “content that others liked” (e.g., “Songs Listeners Also Bought”) section  256  may provide content recommendations or collection recommendations based upon data relating to others based upon the current selections in the content player  94  and/or the user&#39;s actions in the content player  94 . 
     Action menus may be provided in the content player GUI. The action menus may provide actions that may be performed on elements within the GUI. For example, one action may be the “In the store” recommendation functionality described above.  FIGS. 7-18  illustrate various views within the GUI that illustrate the action menus. 
       FIG. 7  is an example of a content player GUI  280  with an action menu icon  282 . As illustrated, action menus may be prepared for currently playing content. Further, the action menus may be generated for any selectable content within the GUI  280 . When a user clicks the action menu icon  282 , a generated action menu may be presented.  FIG. 8  is an example of the content player GUI  280  with an action menu  290  presented at a song level in the “now playing” bar  292 , in accordance with an embodiment. The action menu  290  may include main menu buttons. For example, in the current embodiment, the action menu  290  includes a Genius button  294 , an Add To . . . button  296 , and a Share button  298 . Further, the action menu may include a rating bar  300 , a Genius suggests section  302 , an In your Library section  304 , and a n In the Store section  306 . 
     The Genius button  294  may be used to . . . The Add To button  296  may be used to . . . The Share button  298  may be used to . . . The Genius Suggests section  302  may be used to present Genius® selections to users based upon the currently playing content. The In Your Library section  304  may be used to present content recommendations from the user&#39;s library based upon the currently playing content. The In the Store section  306  may present recommendations of content not in the user&#39;s library that is available in the storefront, based upon the currently playing content. 
     The action menus  290  are not limited to currently playing content.  FIG. 9  is an example of the content player GUI  280  with an action menu  290  displayed at the song level  320  in a library, in accordance with an embodiment. An action menu icon  282  is placed at the song level  320 , and when selected the action menu  290  is displayed.  FIG. 10  is an example of a content player GUI  280  with an action menu displayed in a detail view  330  at the album level  332 , in accordance with an embodiment.  FIG. 11  is an example of the content player GUI  280  with an action menu  290  displayed in an artist detail view  340  at the artist level  342 , in accordance with an embodiment.  FIG. 12  is an example of the content player GUI  280  with an action menu  290  in the detailed genre view  350  at the genre level  352 , in accordance with an embodiment. 
     While the action menus  290  have been illustrated in a music context of the content players, the action menus  290  are not limited to such content.  FIG. 13  is an example of a content player GUI  280  with an action menu  290  displayed on a movie detail view  370  at the title level  372  of a movie, in accordance with an embodiment. As illustrated, the action menu  290  may be modified from the music action menus. For example, if Genius® recommendations are not available, the Genius button and Genius Suggests sections may be removed.  FIG. 14  is an example of the content player GUI  280  with a genre sidebar  390  with an action menu  391  at the genre level  392  of a movie view  394 , in accordance with an embodiment. Action bar  391  may include an unwatched section  396  and an In the Store section  398 . The unwatched section  396  may make recommendations of content found in the library that is related to the selected genre (e.g., “Classic”) that has not been watched. As discussed above, the In the Store section  398  may recommend content in a storefront that is not in the user&#39;s library based at least in part upon the current level of the action menu (e.g., genre level  392 , here illustrated as “Classic”).  FIG. 15  is an example of a content player GUI  280  with an action menu  400  on a genre detail view  402  at the genre level  404  of a movie, in accordance with an embodiment. When no recommendations are available, the action menu may be abbreviated.  FIG. 16  is an example of a content player GUI  280  with an abbreviated action menu  410  caused by no recommendations being available for the selected content. As illustrated, the action menu  410  does not have the In the Store or Genius Suggests sections. The abbreviated menu includes an AirPlay button  412 , that enables wireless content playback using Airplay® technology. Further, the abbreviated menu  410  may include an Add to . . . button  414  and a Share button  416 . As will be discussed in more detail below, the Add to . . . button  414  may enable content to be added to a device that is communicatively coupled to the content player or to a playlist within the content player. The Share button  416  may enable the content to be shared (e.g., with other electronic devices, content players, etc.).  FIG. 17  is an example of the content player GUI  290  with an action menu  430  at the title level  432  of a TV series view  434 , in accordance with an embodiment.  FIG. 18  is an example of the content player GUI  280  with an action menu  440  at the episode level  442  of a TV series view  444 , in accordance with an embodiment. 
       FIGS. 19A-G  provide an example of a flow for an in the store recommendation system, in accordance with an embodiment. The various views depict process flows for making in store recommendations based at least in part upon user settings in the content player.  FIG. 19A  illustrates a user  451  launching the content player  452 . A welcome page  454  may be provided to the user  451  with a checkbox  456  pre-selected, where the checkbox  456  authorizes the content player  452  to collect and send information to a recommendation service for content recommendations. The user  451  may then select a “get started” button  458 , either leaving the checkbox  456  checked or unchecking the checkbox  456 . The user  451  may navigate to a particular content type (e.g., “songs”  460 ). The user  451  is provided a sub-navigation tab  462  where an “In the Store” tab  464  may be selected by the user  451 . When recommendation services  466  (e.g., Genius® by Apple, Inc.) that tailor recommendations for a particular user by monitoring attributes of the user  451  are not active, the system may determine if the user  451  previously agreed to send metadata (decision block  468 ). If the user  451  has not agreed to send metadata, a prompt  470  to allow transmission of metadata is provided to the user  451 . If the user  451  does not allow the transmission, the recommendations tab (e.g. “In the Store” tab  464 ) may be removed (block  472 ). When the user  451  does allow the transmission or the recommendation services  466  are active, the system may determine if library content (e.g., the seed data for making the recommendations) can be matched with content available to the recommendation services (e.g., the storefront) (decision block  474 ). If the content does not match content available to the recommendation services, a page  476  may be provided that notifies the user  451  than no recommendations are available for the selected content. When the content can be matched to content known by the recommendation services, the recommendations may be provided according to the type of content for the seed data (e.g., the data that the recommendations are based upon). For example, the recommendations may be based on an album recommendations process  478 , an artist recommendations process  480 , a genre recommendations process  482 , a movies recommendation process  484 , and/or a television recommendations process  486 . 
       FIG. 19B  provides an example of an album recommendations process  478 . The user  451  may be provided a recommendations view  488  (e.g., similar to the view of content player  94  of  FIG. 6A or 6B ) based upon a selected album. For example, in the current embodiment, in view  488 , a “Featured” bubble  490  and a recommended songs section  492  may be provided in a first column  494 . Further, a second column  496  may include a recommended albums section  498 . A third column  500  may include a new releases section  502 . 
     The Featured Bubble  490  may include top priority recommendations. For example, this Featured Bubble  490  may provide Pre-order content  504 , which may be content that is not yet released for acquisition by the user  451 . If no preorder information is available, new releases  506  may be provided, which may be the latest releases by the artist associated with the album selected. If no new releases are available, “complete my album” recommendations  508  may be provided. These recommendations  508  may be determined by analyzing incomplete collections (e.g., partial album acquisition) and providing content that will complete the collection. If no “complete my album” recommendations  508  are available and no other high priority recommendations (e.g., recommendations  504  and  506 ) are available, the Featured Bubble  494  may be removed (block  510 ). 
     Recommendations for the recommended songs section  492  may be provided based upon whether the recommendation service  466  is active and/or the user  451  is signed into a storefront such that a purchase history for the user  451  is available. For example, when the recommendation service  466  (e.g., Genius®) is active and the user  451  is signed in, the songs may be personalized recommendations based upon the selected album&#39;s songs, excluding songs already in the user&#39;s library and/or already purchased, because the recommendation services  466  can provide personalized results and the storefront may provide content already purchased by the user  451  (block  512 ). When the recommendation service  466  is active and the user is signed out, the songs may be personalized recommendations based upon the selected album&#39;s songs, excluding any songs the user  451  already has in their library, because the recommendation services  466  may keep track of content stored in the user&#39;s library, but transaction history of the user  451  may not be available because the user  451  is not signed in (block  514 ). When the recommendation services  466  are not active and the user  451  is signed in, the recommended songs may be based on content other customers have bought (e.g., non-personalized) based on the songs from the album that user  451  is viewing, excluding songs the user has already purchased, because the recommendation service  466  is not available to make personalized recommendations, but the transaction history for the user  451  is available because the user  451  is signed into the storefront (block  516 ). When the recommendation services  466  are off and the user  451  is not signed in, the song recommendations may be based on songs other customers have bought based upon the songs from the selected album, because the recommendation services  466  are not available to make personalized recommendations and information about the user&#39;s library and transaction history is not available from the recommendation services  466  and/or the user being signed in to the storefront (block  520 ). 
     The recommended albums section  498  may also provide different recommendations based upon whether the recommendation services  466  are active and the user is signed in to a storefront. When the user  451  is signed in and the recommendation services  466  are active the recommended albums may be personalized recommendations based upon the selected album, excluding albums the user  451  already has in their library and/or has already purchased, because the recommendation services  466  are available to make personalized recommendations and provide information about the user&#39;s library and the transaction history of the user  451  is available because the user  451  is signed into the storefront (block  522 ). When the recommendation services  466  are active and the user  451  is signed out, the recommendations may be personalized recommendations based upon the selected album, excluding albums the user  451  already has in their library, because the recommendation services  466  may provide personalized recommendations based upon knowledge of what is in the user&#39;s library, but the purchase history of the user  451  is not available because the user  451  is not signed into the storefront (block  524 ). When the recommendation services  466  are not active and the user  451  is signed in, the recommendations may be based upon albums bought by other customers based upon the selected album, excluding albums the user  451  has already purchased, because personalized recommendations are not available from the recommendation services  466 , but purchase history of the user  451  is available because the user  451  is signed into the storefront (block  526 ). When the recommendation services  466  are not active and the user  451  is signed out, the album recommendations may be based on albums other customers have bought based upon the selected album, because the recommendation services  466  are not available to provide personalized recommendations and information regarding the user&#39;s library and purchase history is not available because the user  451  is not signed into the storefront (block  528 ). 
     The new releases section  502  may provide recommendations in a similar manner, except that personalized recommendations may not be applicable. For example, new releases of an artist or genre will be new releases regardless of personalized preferences or what other customers have bought. Accordingly, the recommendation services may not affect personalization of new releases, other than to exclude recommending content already in the user&#39;s library (because the recommendation services, when active, may provide information regarding what is already in the user&#39;s library). For example. when the recommendation services  466  are active and the user  451  is signed in, the new release recommendations may be provided by showing, in a first slot, new releases from the artist of the album selected when the new release is not in the featured bubble  490 . Additional new releases within the selected album&#39;s genre may be provided in the remaining slots, excluding albums the user  451  already has in their library and/or have purchased (block  530 ). If no new releases exist for the selected artist, then new releases for the genre of the album selected, excluding albums the user  451  already has in their library and/or have already purchases may be provided (block  532 ). When the recommendation services  466  are active but the user  451  is not signed in, the first slot may be filled with a new release from the artist of the album selected (if not in the featured bubble  490 ) and the new releases within the selected album&#39;s genre may fill the additional slots, excluding any albums the user  451  already has in their library (block  534 ). If no new releases exist for the selected artist, then new releases for the genre of the album selected, excluding any albums the user  451  already has in their library, may be provided (block  536 ). When the recommendation services  466  are off and the user  451  is signed in, the first slot may be filled with a new release from the artist of the album selected (if not already in the featured bubble  490 ). The additional slots may be filled with new releases within the selected album&#39;s genre, excluding albums the user  451  already has in their library (block  538 ). If no new releases exist for the selected artist, new releases for the genre of the album selected may be provided, excluding any albums the user  451  has already purchased (block  540 ). When the recommendation services  466  are not active and the user  451  is signed out, the first slot may be filled with a new release from the artist of the album selected, if not already in the featured bubble  490 . The additional slots may be filled with new releases within the selected album&#39;s genre (block  542 ). When no new releases exist for the selected artist, new releases for the genre of the album selected may be provided (block  544 ). 
       FIG. 19C  illustrates a layout for artist recommendations view  550  that may occur when recommendations are requested by the user  451  while viewing an artist&#39;s page. As with the album recommendations view  488 , the view may include, a “Featured” bubble  490  and a recommended songs section  492  in a first column  494 . Further, a second column  496 , may include a recommended albums section  498 . A third column  500  may include a new releases section  502 . Recommendations in this view  550  are determined in a similar fashion as recommendations for the view  488 , except the seed for the recommendations is the selected artist instead of the selected album. For example, the featured bubble prioritizations (blocks  552 ,  554 ,  556 , and  558 ) are all the same except that the seed is a selected artist rather than a selected album. In a similar fashion to the recommendations made for view  488 , the status of the recommendation services  466  and whether the user  451  is signed in may affect the recommendations. When the recommendation services  466  are active (blocks  560 ,  562 ,  568 ,  570 ,  578 ,  582 ), the recommendations may be personalized using the recommendation services  466  for the user  451 , when applicable (e.g., when preferences of a user may be useful in making the recommendation). The recommendation services  466  may monitor the user&#39;s interaction with content and/or the user&#39;s content library, providing more personalized recommendations. Further, content may be excluded based upon what is in the user&#39;s library. When the recommendation services  466  are not active, the recommendations may be non-personalized, relying on data regarding other users&#39; acquisition, when applicable (blocks  566 ,  574 ). Content may not be excluded based upon what is in the user&#39;s library when information regarding the user&#39;s library is unavailable. Further, when the user  451  is signed in (blocks  560 ,  564 ,  568 ,  572 ,  576 ,  578 ,  584 ,  586 ,  594 ,  596 ,  602 , and  604 ) content purchased by the user  451  may be excluded from the recommendations. 
     A “more albums by this artist or similar artists” bar  592  may be provided in the view  550 . This bar  592  may provide albums by the selected artist. Depending on whether the user  451  is signed in and the recommendation services  466  are active, the recommended albums may be limited to those not in the user&#39;s library or purchased by the user (blocks  594 ,  596 ,  598 ,  600 ,  602 ,  604 ,  606 ,  608 ). 
       FIG. 19D  illustrates a layout for genre recommendations view  620  that may occur when recommendations are requested by the user  451  while viewing a genre page. As with the album and artist recommendations views  488  and  620 , the view  620  may include, a Featured Bubble  490  and a recommended songs section  492  in a first column  494 . Further, a second column  496 , may include a recommended albums section  498 . A third column  500  may include a new releases section  502 . Recommendations in this view  620  are determined in a similar fashion as recommendations for the views  488  and  550 , except the seed for the recommendations is the selected genre instead of the selected album or artist. For example, the featured bubble prioritizations (blocks  622 ,  624 ,  626 , and  628 ) are all the same except that the seed is a selected genre (e.g., “rock”) rather than a selected album or artist. In a similar fashion to the recommendations made for views  488  and  550 , the status of the recommendation services  466  and whether the user  451  is signed in may affect the recommendations. When the recommendation services  466  are active (blocks  630 ,  632 ,  638 ,  640 ,  646 ,  648 ,  656 ,  658 ), the recommendations may be made using the recommendation services  466  for the user  451 , when applicable (e.g., when a user preference is useful for making a recommendation). The recommendation services  466  may monitor the user&#39;s interaction with content and/or the user&#39;s content library, and thus may provide more personalized recommendations, excluding content that is already in the user&#39;s library. Otherwise, data from other user&#39;s acquisition may be used, when applicable (e.g., when a user&#39;s preferences may be useful for making a recommendation) and content already in the user&#39;s library may not be excluded (blocks  566 ,  574 ). Further, when the user  451  is signed in (blocks  630 ,  634 ,  638 ,  642 ,  646 ,  650 ,  656 ,  660 ) content purchased by the user  451  may be excluded from the recommendations. 
     A “more albums from this genre” bar  654  may be provided in the view  620 . This bar  654  may provide albums that are of a common genre with the selected genre. Depending on whether the user  451  is signed in and the recommendation services  466  are active, the recommended albums may be limited to those not in the user&#39;s library or purchased by the user (blocks  656 ,  658 ,  660 ,  662 ). 
       FIG. 19E  illustrates a process  484  for providing movie recommendations view  680 . The movie recommendations view  680  may provide recommendations via the recommendations services  466  when active (blocks  682  and  684 ) based upon the selected movie (e.g., “The Dark Knight”). When not active (blocks  686  and  688 ), the recommendations may be based upon the purchase history of other users based upon the selected movie (e.g., “The Dark Knight”). Further, when the user  451  is signed in (blocks  682  and  686 ), the recommendations may exclude content already purchased by the user. Otherwise, the content may be excluded based upon what is in the user&#39;s library (block  684 ) or not at all (block  688 ). 
       FIG. 19F  illustrates a process  486  for providing television recommendations view  700 . The television recommendations view  700  may provide recommendations via the recommendations services  466  when active (blocks  702  and  704 ) based upon the selected television show or series (e.g., “Glee”). When not active (blocks  706  and  708 ), the recommendations may be based upon the purchase history of other users based upon the selected television show or series (e.g., “Glee”). Further, when the user  451  is signed in (blocks  702  and  706 ), the recommendations may exclude content already purchased by the user. Otherwise, the content may be excluded based upon what is in the user&#39;s library (block  704 ) or not at all (block  708 ). 
     As may be appreciated by  FIGS. 19A-F  above, the recommendation services  466  may provide more accurate recommendations. Accordingly,  FIG. 19G  provides an upsell flow  720  designed to encourage the user  451  to activate the recommendation services  466 . The system may determine if the recommendation services (e.g., Genius®)  466  is active (decision block  722 ) when the user clicks the “In the Store” tab or button. If active, the “In the Store” page may appear without providing an upsell prompt (block  724 ). When the recommendation services  466  are not active, a prompt  726  is provided to the user  451 , asking whether the user  451  would like better recommendations. When the user  451  decides not to activate the recommendation services  466 , the prompt  726  disappears and the page is refreshed (block  428 ). When the user  451  decides to turn on the recommendation services  466 , an opt-in workflow  728  may follow and the “In the Store” page is provided without the prompt (block  730 ). 
     As may be appreciated, by implementing the techniques described herein, graphical user-interfaces used in electronic devices may be greatly enhanced. For example, recommendations for content may be provided to a user in a integrated manner, matching the layout/look and feel of the GUI. This may make the recommendations seem more integral to the GUI (e.g., more integral into the GUI of a content player), thus making the GUI more appealing to the user. 
     The specific embodiments described above have been shown by way of example, and it should be understood that these embodiments may be susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms. It should be further understood that the claims are not intended to be limited to the particular forms disclosed, but rather to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of this disclosure.

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Filing Date: 20130509
Publication Date: 20170131
Grant Date: 20170131
Priority Date: 20120911
Inventors: BACHMAN WILLIAM M.
FRICK BRIAN R.
MARTIN TIMOTHY B.
ROBBIN JEFFREY L.
SANDERS CHRISTOPHER J.
Assignee: APPLE INC
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