GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF IN A MULTIMEDIA PLAYER
First Claim
1. In a portable, pocket-sized multimedia asset player having a display on a front face of the media asset player, a method of selecting and playing a multimedia asset from a group of multimedia assets stored therein, comprising:
- displaying at a home interface on the display, a playlist list item corresponding to a number of playlists stored in the multimedia asset player, wherein each playlist is a group of multimedia assets, an artists item corresponding to all of a number of artists each of which is associated with at least one of the stored multimedia assets, and a songs list item associated with each of the stored multimedia assets;
highlighting a desired one of the playlist list item, the artists item, or the songs list item;
receiving a selection of the highlighted item; and
automatically transitioning to a second interface based upon the selected item, wherein after the highlighted item has been selected with respect to the home interface, the selected highlighted item is noted so that if a user operates to transition backwards from the second interface back to the home interface, the previously selected highlighted item is visually distinguished as a list of user selectable items are subsequently displayed in the home interface.
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Abstract
In a portable multimedia device, a method, apparatus, and system for providing user supplied configuration data are described. In one embodiment, a hierarchically ordered graphical user interface are provided. A first order, or home, interface provides a highest order of user selectable items each of which, when selected, results in an automatic transition to a lower order user interface associated with the selected item. In one of the described embodiments, the lower order interface includes other user selectable items associated with the previously selected item from the higher order user interface.
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37 Claims
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1. In a portable, pocket-sized multimedia asset player having a display on a front face of the media asset player, a method of selecting and playing a multimedia asset from a group of multimedia assets stored therein, comprising:
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displaying at a home interface on the display, a playlist list item corresponding to a number of playlists stored in the multimedia asset player, wherein each playlist is a group of multimedia assets, an artists item corresponding to all of a number of artists each of which is associated with at least one of the stored multimedia assets, and a songs list item associated with each of the stored multimedia assets;
highlighting a desired one of the playlist list item, the artists item, or the songs list item;
receiving a selection of the highlighted item; and
automatically transitioning to a second interface based upon the selected item, wherein after the highlighted item has been selected with respect to the home interface, the selected highlighted item is noted so that if a user operates to transition backwards from the second interface back to the home interface, the previously selected highlighted item is visually distinguished as a list of user selectable items are subsequently displayed in the home interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of assisting user interaction with a multimedia asset player by way of a hierarchically ordered user interface, said method comprising:
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displaying a first order user interface having a first list of user selectable items;
receiving a user selection of the one of the user selectable items in the first list; and
automatically transitioning to and displaying a second order user interface having a second list of user selectable items in response to the user selection, the second order user interface being based upon the user selection, wherein after the user selection is made with respect to the first order user interface, the user selection with respect to the first order user interface is noted so that if a user operates to transition backwards from the second order user interface back to the first order user interface, the previously selected one of the user selectable items in the first list of user selectable items is visually distinguished as the first list of user selectable items are subsequently displayed in the first order user interface. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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36. In a portable, pocket-sized multimedia asset player having a display on a front face of the media asset player, a method for selecting and playing a multimedia asset from a group of multimedia assets stored therein, comprising:
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displaying a first order home interface on the display having a list of user selectable items;
highlighting a desired one of the user selectable items;
receiving a selection of the highlighted item; and
automatically transitioning directly from the home interface to a third, or higher, order interface based upon the selected item, wherein after the highlighted item has been selected with respect to the home interface, the selected highlighted item is noted so that if a user operates to transition backwards directly from the third, or higher, order interface back to the home interface without displaying any intervening interfaces, the previously selected highlighted item is visually distinguished as a list of user selectable items are subsequently displayed in the home interface. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37)
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