ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,196, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"User interfaces for time period-based curated playlists" was invented by Tiffany S. Reese (Livermore, Calif.), Arvind S. Shenoy (Los Gatos, Calif.), David J. Davis (San Jose, Calif.), Evan Mills (Los Altos, Calif.), Sebastien P. Sahuc (Piedmont, Calif.), Uli M. Schoberl (San Francisco), Benjamin B. Bours (San Francisco), Eric R. Seshens (Milpitas, Calif.), Jason M. Hess (Morgan Hill, Calif.), Drew R. Domm (Oakland, Calif.), Alexander B. Grossman (San Francisco), Phillip A. Vasquez (San Bruno, Calif.), Fredric R. Vinna (San Francisco), Agnes Won (Los Angeles) and Michael Zarcone (Santa Monica, Calif.).

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