Video Manager for Portable Multifunction Device

• US 20080055272A1
• Filed: 09/04/2007
• Published: 03/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Christie, Greg, Forstall, Scott, Anzures, Freddy Allen, Pisula, Charles J.
• Granted Patent: US 7,956,849 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1686 the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality

Abstract

A video player for a portable multifunction device is disclosed. In some embodiments, a list of video items is displayed in a portrait orientation of a touch screen display of a portable electronic device. Upon user selection of a respective video item in the list, the user selected video item is automatically displayed in a landscape orientation of the touch screen display.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display,

displaying, in a portrait orientation of the touch screen display, a list of video items; and

upon user selection of a respective video item in the list, automatically displaying the user selected video item in a landscape orientation of the touch screen display.

2. The method of claim 1, including

detecting a scrolling gesture comprising substantially vertical movement of user contact with the touch screen display;

and

responding to the scrolling gesture by scrolling the list of video items.

3. The method of claim 1, including detecting a predefined user gesture on the touch screen display for selecting the respective video item.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the predefined user gesture on the touch screen display is a finger tap.

5. The method of claim 1, including displaying a rotation animation.

6. The method of claim 1, including displaying a rotation animation that transitions from displaying an image in the portrait orientation to displaying an image in the landscape orientation.

7. The method of claim 1, including, while displaying the user selected video item, displaying a user interactive progress bar upon detecting user contact with the touch screen display.

8. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

at a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display,

in a first mode of operation, performing wireless telephony; and

in a second mode of operation;

displaying, in a portrait orientation of the touch screen display, a list of video items; and

upon user selection of a respective video item in the list, automatically displaying the user selected video item in a landscape orientation of the touch screen display.

9. The method of claim 8, including pausing display of the video item upon receiving a telephone call.

10. The method of claim 9, including automatically resuming display of the video item upon completion of the telephone call.

11. The method of claim 8, including, upon receiving a telephone call, pausing display of the video item and displaying a telephone call interface on the touch screen display in the portrait orientation.

12. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

at a handheld electronic device with a touch screen display,

displaying a user selected video program on the touch screen display; and

upon detecting user contact with the touch screen display during display of the user selected video program, displaying an interactive progress bar.

13. The method of claim 12, including

detecting movement of a finger contact from a first position on the progress bar corresponding to a current playback position to a second position on the progress bar;

and

upon the detection of a break or pause of the finger contact, restarting playback of the video program starting at a position within the video program corresponding to the second position on the progress bar.

14. The method of claim 12, including

upon detecting finger contact with the displayed progress bar, displaying index information corresponding to a current position of the finger contact on the displayed progress bar.

15. The method of claim 14, including

upon detecting cessation of the finger contact with the touch screen display for at least a predefined amount of time, ceasing display of the progress bar.

16. The method of claim 12, including

displaying, simultaneously with the display of the progress bar, an elapsed video play time and a remaining video play time.

17. The method of claim 12, including

upon detecting the user contact with the touch screen display, maintaining the display of the video program and displaying the user interactive progress bar in a region of the touch screen display not occupied by the video program.

18. The method of claim 12, including

upon detecting cessation of the user contact with the touch screen display for at least a predefined amount of time, ceasing display of the progress bar while maintaining the display of the video program.

19. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a touch screen display;

memory;

one or more processors; and

one or more programs stored in the memory and executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including;

instructions for displaying, in a portrait orientation of the touch screen display, a list of video items; and

instructions, for execution upon user selection of a respective video item in the list, for automatically displaying the user selected video item in a landscape orientation of the touch screen display.

20. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a touch screen display;

memory;

one or more processors; and

one or more programs stored in the memory and executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including;

in a first mode of operation, instructions for performing wireless telephony; and

in a second mode of operation;

instructions for displaying, in a portrait orientation of the touch screen display, a list of video items; and

instructions, for execution upon user selection of a respective video item in the list, for automatically displaying the user selected video item in a landscape orientation of the touch screen display.

21. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a touch screen display;

memory;

one or more processors; and

one or more programs stored in the memory and executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including;

instructions for displaying a user selected video program on the touch screen display; and

instructions, for execution upon detecting user contact with the touch screen display during display of the user selected video program, for displaying an interactive progress bar.

22. A computer program product for use in conjunction with a portable electronic device with a touch screen display, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium and a computer program mechanism embedded therein, the computer program mechanism comprising:

instructions for displaying, in a portrait orientation of the touch screen display, a list of video items; and

instructions, for execution upon user selection of a respective video item in the list, for automatically displaying the user selected video item in a landscape orientation of the touch screen display.

23. A computer program product for use in conjunction with a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium and a computer program mechanism embedded therein, the computer program mechanism comprising:

in a first mode of operation, instructions for performing wireless telephony; and

in a second mode of operation;

instructions for displaying, in a portrait orientation of the touch screen display, a list of video items; and

instructions, for execution upon user selection of a respective video item in the list, for automatically displaying the user selected video item in a landscape orientation of the touch screen display.

24. A computer program product for use in conjunction with a handheld electronic device with a touch screen display, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium and a computer program mechanism embedded therein, the computer program mechanism comprising:

instructions for displaying a user selected video program on the touch screen display; and

instructions, for execution upon detecting user contact with the touch screen display during display of the user selected video program, for displaying a progress bar.

25. A portable electronic device with a touch screen display, comprising:

means for displaying, in a portrait orientation of the touch screen display, a list of video items; and

means, for execution upon user selection of a respective video item in the list, for automatically displaying the user selected video item in a landscape orientation of the touch screen display.

26. A portable multifunction device with a touch screen display, comprising:

in a first mode of operation, means for performing wireless telephony; and

in a second mode of operation;

means for displaying, in a portrait orientation of the touch screen display, a list of video items; and

means, for execution upon user selection of a respective video item in the list, for automatically displaying the user selected video item in a landscape orientation of the touch screen display.

27. A handheld electronic device with a touch screen display, comprising:

means for displaying a user selected video program on the touch screen display; and

means, for execution upon detecting user contact with the touch screen display during display of the user selected video program, for displaying an interactive progress bar.

28. A graphical user interface on a portable electronic device with a touch screen display, comprising:

a list of video items displayed in a portrait orientation of the touch screen display; and

a user-selected video item, wherein the user-selected video item is displayed in a landscape orientation of the touch screen display upon user selection of the video items in the list of video items.

29. A graphical user interface on a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display, comprising:

a wireless telephony interface in a first mode of operation; and

a video manager interface in a second mode of operation, wherein the video manager interface includes;

a list of video items displayed in a portrait orientation of the touch screen display; and

a user-selected video item, wherein the user-selected video item is displayed in a landscape orientation of the touch screen display upon user selection of the video items in the list of video items.

30. A graphical user interface on a handheld electronic device with a touch screen display, comprising:

a user selected video program displayed on the touch screen display; and

an interactive progress bar, wherein the interactive progress bar is displayed upon detecting user contact with the touch screen display during display of the user selected video program.