Multimedia control center
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1. A main menu associated with a media control center, said main menu comprising:
- a plurality of media icons, each media icon representing a different media feature of a multimedia control center, the media icons being arranged along a closed path and at preset icon positions along the closed path, the media icons moving as a group around the closed path between icon positions in accordance with a navigation signal.
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Abstract
Techniques and systems for centralized access to multimedia content stored on or available to a computing device are disclosed. The centralized access can be provided by a media control interface that receives user inputs and interacts with media programs resident on the computing device to produce graphical user interfaces that can be presented on a display device.
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37 Claims
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1. A main menu associated with a media control center, said main menu comprising:
a plurality of media icons, each media icon representing a different media feature of a multimedia control center, the media icons being arranged along a closed path and at preset icon positions along the closed path, the media icons moving as a group around the closed path between icon positions in accordance with a navigation signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of operating a main menu of a media control center, said method comprising:
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presenting a plurality of media icons on a screen, each media icon representing a different media feature of a multimedia control center;
arranging the media icons along a closed path and at preset icon positions along the closed path; and
moving the media icons as a group around the closed path between icon positions in accordance with a navigation signal. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A menu associated with a media control center, said menu comprising:
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a plurality of media items arranged in a list, at least some of the media items having viewable media content associated therewith;
a movable selector feature capable of traversing through the list of media items so as to highlight one of the media items; and
a view region where viewable media content associated with a highlighted media item is outputted. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of operating a menu of a media control center, said method comprising:
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providing a plurality of media items, each media item having viewable media content associated therewith;
presenting the media items in a list and including a movable selector feature capable of traversing through the list so as to highlight one of the media items; and
when a media item is highlighted, presenting the viewable media content associated with the highlighted media item next to the list of media items. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A menu method associated with a media control center, said menu comprising:
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providing a plurality of images, each image representing a media item;
placing the images in rows, each row including a plurality of side by side images;
providing first, second and third row positions in a viewing area of the display screen, the first row position being located at a first edge of the viewing area, the second row position being located at a second edge of the view area, the third row position being located in the middle of the viewing area;
initially presenting rows of images at the first row position, the second row position, and the third row position, the rows of images moving vertically across a viewing area between the row positions and in and out of the viewing area;
upon receiving a navigation signal, moving the row of images initially positioned in the first row position out of the viewing area, moving a new row of images into the viewing area and into the second row position, moving the remaining rows of presented images over one row position;
initially presenting a slider for highlighting one of the images within one of the row positions, the slider being movably restrained within the row position and capable of moving horizontally across the row and between the side by side images of the row;
upon receiving a second navigation signal, moving the slider from one image to the other, the highlighted image being the media item that is activated when an activation signal is received. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A menu associated with a media control center, said menu comprising:
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a blurred media application window disposed in the background of a viewing area; and
a list of control options disposed in the foreground of the viewing area and over the blurred media application window, at least one of said control options being configured to initiate a transition from the list of control options to the blurred media application window, the transition including fading the list of control options out of the viewing area while focusing the media application window into the foreground of the viewing area.
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33. A method of operating a DVD player with a media control center and a remote control with a single menu button, said method comprising:
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in response to the menu command from the single menu button of the remote control, loading a DVD movie, the DVD movie having a DVD menu;
generating a menu that integrates a DVD feature menu of the media control center with a DVD menu, the menu having two states, in a first state the DVD feature menu is presented in the foreground, in a second state, the DVD menu is presented in the foreground, the DVD feature menu having a first control option for playing the DVD movie and a second control option for transitioning from the first to the second state;
while in the first state, playing the DVD movie when the first control option is selected, or transitioning to the second state when the second control option is activated;
while in the second state, playing the movie in accordance with a play signal, transitioning to the first state in response to a menu command from the single menu button of the remote control;
while the DVD movie is playing, stopping the movie and marking the location of the stopped movie in response to the menu command from the single menu button of the remote control; and
proceeding back to the menu. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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