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Devices and method for providing remote control hints on a display

  • US 10,116,996 B1
  • Filed: 12/23/2016
  • Issued: 10/30/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • at an electronic device in communication with a display and one or more input devices;

    concurrently displaying, on the display;

    a plurality of representations of content items that a user of the electronic device has viewed on the electronic device, wherein a first representation of a first content item of the plurality of representations has a current focus, and the plurality of representations of content items are arranged according to a recency with which the user of the electronic device viewed the corresponding content items, wherein the first content item is partially watched; and

    a representation of content from the first content item;

    while concurrently displaying the plurality of representations of content items and the representation of content from the first content item, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a sequence of one or more inputs selecting the first representation of the first content item;

    in response to receiving the sequence of one or more inputs selecting the first representation of the first content item, resuming playback, on the display, of the first content item from a playback location at which playback of the first content item was previously stopped;

    while concurrently displaying the plurality of representations of content items and the representation of the content from the first content item, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to move the current focus from the first representation of the first content item to a second representation of a second content item of the plurality of representations; and

    in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to move the current focus from the first representation of the first content item to the second representation of the second content item;

    moving the current focus from the first representation of the first content item to the second representation of the second content item;

    ceasing the display of the representation of the content from the first content item; and

    concurrently displaying the plurality of representations of content items and a representation of content from the second content item.

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