Volume control
First Claim
1. A volatile or non-volatile storage storing information for enabling a device to display a user interface of a volume control, the volume control having a variable control level, the user interface comprising:
- a graphical interface component configured to interactively vary the control level and/or configured to changeably indicate the variable control level in accordance with variation thereof, the graphical interface component comprising a signal indication graphically united with the graphical interface component and indicating a level and/or presence of an audio signal controlled by the variable control level, where the signal indication is graphically united with at least a portion of the graphical interface component that varies the control level and/or changeably indicates the variable control level.
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Abstract
A volume control may be provided with some integrated graphical indication of the presence and/or level of an audio signal that it controls. For example, a slider-type volume control may be provided with a signal meter within the slider itself. A volume control may be provided with a mechanism for showing the non-mute volume control level of a volume when the volume control is muted. For example, a slider-type volume control may display a ghosted slider tab at the level of volume control in effect before muting while at the same time displaying a regular slider tab at a muted level. A user may be able to glance at a volume control and quickly and intuitively understand aspects of the volume control'"'"'s state such as the level and condition of the signal that is flowing through or blocked by (if muted) the control.
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20 Claims
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1. A volatile or non-volatile storage storing information for enabling a device to display a user interface of a volume control, the volume control having a variable control level, the user interface comprising:
a graphical interface component configured to interactively vary the control level and/or configured to changeably indicate the variable control level in accordance with variation thereof, the graphical interface component comprising a signal indication graphically united with the graphical interface component and indicating a level and/or presence of an audio signal controlled by the variable control level, where the signal indication is graphically united with at least a portion of the graphical interface component that varies the control level and/or changeably indicates the variable control level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A device comprising a display unit and configured to be capable of displaying a volume control widget on the display, the device being further configured such that when displaying the volume control widget:
- when muting occurs in response a first audio level indicator is displayed in the volume control widget to indicate a muted audio level and a second audio level indicator is displayed in the volume control widget to indicate a pre-muted audio level.
- View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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displaying a volume control that comprises an area receptive to stroke, drag, or click inputs to raise and/or lower a setting that raises and/or lowers the level of an audio signal regulated by the volume control; and
receiving a mute command and in response;
muting the audio signal, displaying in the area receptive to stroke, drag, or click inputs a first marker indicating the value of the setting prior to the muting, and displaying in the area receptive to stroke, drag, or click inputs a second marker indicating a muted value of the setting. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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