AUDIO FILE INTERFACE

• US 20090061837A1
• Filed: 09/04/2007
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Kelly, Sean, Christie, Gregory N., Forstall, Scott, Chaudhri, Imran A., Tiene, Kevin, Herz, Scott, Jobs, Steven
• Granted Patent: US 9,477,395 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0202 Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the input device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer-readable medium for providing an audio file interface. In one implementation, a method is provided. The method includes, while playing an audio file on a mobile device and displaying a current view in a user interface of the mobile device, receiving first user input requesting that an audio interface be displayed, and displaying the audio interface as an overlay in the user interface, where the audio interface includes information associated with the audio file.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

while playing an audio file on a mobile device and displaying a current view in a user interface of the mobile device, receiving first user input requesting that an audio interface be displayed; and

displaying the audio interface as an overlay in the user interface, the audio interface including information associated with the audio file.

2. The method of claim 1, where the overlay is partially transparent.

3. The method of claim 1, where displaying the audio interface as an overlay in the user interface further comprises:

displaying the audio interface as an overlay over the current view displayed in the user interface.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to the first user input, displaying a new view in the user interface, the new view including an image associated with the audio file, where the audio interface is displayed as an overlay over the new view displayed in the user interface.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

animating the transition from displaying the current view in the user interface to displaying the new view in the user interface.

6. The method of claim 5, where animating the transition further comprises:

animating a shrinking of the current view in the user interface followed by an expanding of the new view in the user interface.

7. The method of claim 5, where animating the transition further comprises:

animating a sliding of the current view off a vertical edge of the user interface and a sliding of the new view on from another vertical edge of the user interface.

8. The method of claim 5, where animating the transition further comprises:

animating a wiping away of the current view from a horizontal edge of the user interface to reveal the new view as it appears from a same horizontal edge of the user interface.

9. The method of claim 5, where animating the transition further comprises:

animating a radial wiping away of the current view in the user interface to reveal the new view in the user interface.

10. The method of claim 5, where animating the transition further comprises:

animating an enlarging burning hole in the current view in the user interface, an increasing portion of the new view being displayed inside the enlarging burning hole.

11. The method of claim 5, where animating the transition further comprises:

animating an expanding ripple, the current view fading out and the new view fading in as the ripple expands.

12. The method of claim 1, where the information associated with the audio file included in the audio interface includes one or more of a performer, a song, an album, a track number, an elapsed time, or a remaining time.

13. The method of claim 1, where the information associated with the audio file included in the audio interface includes a link to a resource where the audio file is accessible, such that selection of the link displays content from the resource.

14. The method of claim 1, where the audio interface includes one or more user interface elements for changing the playing of the audio file.

15. The method of claim 14, where the one or more user interface elements allow one or more of changing a volume level, pausing, stopping, skipping to a point in the audio file, or skipping to another audio file.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

while the audio interface is displayed in the user interface, receiving second user input requesting that the audio interface not be displayed; and

in response to the second user input, displaying the current view in the user interface without the audio interface.

17. The method of claim 1, where the mobile device includes a multi-touch-sensitive display.

18. A method comprising:

receiving input at a mobile device, the mobile device including a user interface with an interface element;

determining a state of the interface element or a context of the mobile device; and

in response to the received input, performing a predetermined action based on the determination.

19. The method of claim 18, where the predetermined action is displaying a particular interface on the mobile device.

20. The method of claim 18, where the input is received at a single hardware button for navigating the user interface of the mobile device.

21. A mobile device comprising:

a multi-touch-sensitive display;

a user interface with an interface element; and

a hardware button, where selection of the hardware button causes the mobile device to display a particular interface, the particular interface being based on a determination of a state of the interface element or a context of the mobile device.

22. The mobile device of claim 21, where the hardware button is for navigating the user interface of the mobile device.

23. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving input at a mobile device, the mobile device including a user interface with an interface element;

determining a state of the interface element or a context of the mobile device; and

in response to the received input, performing a predetermined action based on the determination.

24. The computer-readable medium of claim 23, where the predetermined action is displaying a particular interface on the mobile device.

25. The computer-readable medium of claim 23, where the input is received at a single hardware button for navigating the user interface of the mobile device.