Graphical User Interface for Mobile Electronic Device
First Claim
1. A method for presenting a display screen on a display of a portable electronic device, said method comprising:
- identifying a display screen to be displayed on the display of the portable electronic device, the identified display screen being one of a plurality of display screens that are available to be displayed on the display of the portable electronic device, and the identified display screen having at least a first pane and a second pane;
displaying selectable menu items in the first pane of the identified display screen; and
displaying contextually relevant information in the second pane of the identified display screen.
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Abstract
Improved approaches to display information on a portable computing device having a display with limited display area are disclosed. The information displayed can, for example, assist a user in navigating a hierarchical menu system operable on the portable computing device to browse, search or play media items. The information displayed can include a menu of the hierarchical menu system along with other information. The menu can include selectable media items. The other information can be related to the menu being displayed. In one embodiment, the invention can use a display screen having at least first and second portions, with the first portion displaying selectable media items (e.g., menu) and with the second portion displaying media information (e.g., graphical image) that is dependent on media items in the first portion or resident on the portable electronic device.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for presenting a display screen on a display of a portable electronic device, said method comprising:
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identifying a display screen to be displayed on the display of the portable electronic device, the identified display screen being one of a plurality of display screens that are available to be displayed on the display of the portable electronic device, and the identified display screen having at least a first pane and a second pane; displaying selectable menu items in the first pane of the identified display screen; and displaying contextually relevant information in the second pane of the identified display screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for presenting media information on a display of a portable electronic device, said method comprising:
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displaying a first menu in a first portion of a display screen on the display, the first menu including a plurality of selectable menu items; determining a first media item to be displayed from a plurality of media items resident on the portable electronic device; displaying a graphic corresponding to the first media item in a second portion of the display screen on the display; subsequently determining a second media item to be displayed from the plurality of media items resident on the portable electronic device; and thereafter displaying a graphic corresponding to the second media item in the second potion of the display screen on the display. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for presenting media items associated with a media collection, said method comprising:
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(a) displaying a list of media collection designators corresponding to media collections; (b) visually identifying one of the media collection designators within the list of media collection designators being displayed; (c) receiving a user selection of one of the media collections that corresponds to the identified media collection designator; (d) displaying a list of media item designators corresponding to media items within the selected media collection while no longer displaying the list of media collection designators; (e) visually identifying one of the media items within the list of media item designators being displayed; (f) displaying, while said displaying (d) also still displays the list of media item designators, a graphical image corresponding to the selected media collection or the identified media item; (g) receiving a user selection of one of the media items that corresponds to the identified media item; (h) displaying the graphical image corresponding to the selected media collection or the identified media item while no longer displaying the list of media item designators; and (i) initiating playback of the selected media item. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer readable medium including at least executable computer program code tangibly stored thereon for presenting a display screen on a display of a portable electronic device, said computer readable medium comprising:
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computer program code for identifying a display screen to be displayed on the display of the portable electronic device, the identified display screen being one of a plurality of display screens that are available to be displayed on the display of the portable electronic device, and the identified display screen having at least a first portion and a second portion; computer program code for displaying selectable menu items in the first portion of the identified display screen; and computer program code for displaying contextually relevant information in the second portion of the identified display screen. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. A graphical user interface for a portable electronic device, comprising:
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a first portion that display a particular menu from a plurality of menus that form a hierarchical menu system, the particular menu including a plurality of selectable items; and a second portion that displays at least a portion of a particular graphical image, the particular graphical image being chosen from a plurality of graphical images based on (i) a designated one of the selectable menu items in the first portion or (ii) a media item stored on the portable electronic device.
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31. A mobile computing device, comprising:
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a display device for displaying a graphic user interface; and a processing device for operating to present the graphical user interface on said display device, wherein the graphical user interface includes at least a first portion that display a particular menu from a plurality of menus that form a hierarchical menu system, the particular menu including a plurality of selectable items; and a second portion that displays at least a portion of a particular graphical image, the particular graphical image being chosen from a plurality of graphical images based on (i) a designated one of the selectable menu items in the first portion or (ii) a media item stored on the portable electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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Specification