Portable electronic device with local search capabilities
First Claim
1. A method for searching media items stored on a portable electronic device having a display, a media storage device and a user input device, said method comprising:
- receiving search criteria from the user input device;
searching media items stored in the media storage to identify those of the media items that match the search criteria; and
displaying at least a subset of those of the identified media items that match the search criteria.
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Abstract
Improved methods and systems that assist a user in searching media items on a portable electronic device are disclosed. According to one aspect of the invention, a portable electronic device is provided with a search function that enables a user to search for media items resident on the portable electronic device. The search function can search through different types of media items. Those of the media items that are deemed matching can be ranked in order of relevance and displayed in a list for the user. Thereafter, the user can navigate the list to select one of the listed media items for playback. According to another aspect of the invention, various graphical user interfaces can be presented on a portable electronic device to assist a user in interacting with the portable electronic device to utilize a search function.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for searching media items stored on a portable electronic device having a display, a media storage device and a user input device, said method comprising:
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receiving search criteria from the user input device; searching media items stored in the media storage to identify those of the media items that match the search criteria; and displaying at least a subset of those of the identified media items that match the search criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 19, 20)
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12. A method for searching media items stored on a portable electronic device having a display, a media storage device and a user input device, said method comprising:
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displaying a search screen on the display; receiving a single search character input for at least a portion of a search term from the user input device; searching for one or more media items stored in the media storage that match the one or more search characters; ranking the one or more matching media items; and displaying, in accordance with said ranking, at least a subset of those of the matching media items. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21)
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22. A computer readable medium including at least computer program code for searching digital data stored on a portable electronic device, where the portable electronic device has a display, a data storage device and a user input device, said computer readable medium comprising:
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computer program code for receiving search criteria from the user input device; computer program code for searching digital data items stored in the media storage device to identify those of the digital data items that match the search criteria; and computer program code for displaying at least a subset of those of the identified digital data items that match the search criteria. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A media playback device, comprising:
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a display device; a user input device. at least one memory device capable of storing a plurality of media items and computer program code for displaying, navigating playing or searching the plurality of media items; and a processing device operatively connected to said display device, said user input device and said at least one memory device, said processing device capable of executing the computer program code for displaying, navigating, playing or searching the plurality of media items, wherein the computer program code for displaying, navigating, playing or searching the plurality of media items includes at least; computer program code for receiving at least one search character input for at least a portion of a search term from said user input device; computer program code for searching for one or more media items stored in the media storage that match the one or more search characters; computer program code for ranking the one or more matching media items; and computer program code for displaying at least a subset of those of the matching media items on said display device in accordance with the ranking. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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