US Patent Issued to Apple on Nov. 18 for "Providing user interfaces based on use contexts and managing playback of media" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,061, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Providing user interfaces based on use contexts and managing playback of media" was invented by Richard R. Dellinger (San Jose, Calif.) and Andre M.J. Boule (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to providing user interfaces based on one or more use contexts and using a receiving device as a hub between the transmitting device and an accessory, where the receiving device establishes a secure connection with the transmitting device and the accessory and provides identifying information to the transmitting device ...