DIRECT ACCESS METHOD TO MEDIA INFORMATION

• US 20100077002A1
• Filed: 04/04/2007
• Published: 03/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bang & Olufsen a/s
• Original Assignee: Bang & Olufsen a/s
• Inventors: Hepworth, Sam de Jongh, Funch, Knud
• Application Number:
  US12/448,014
• Publication Number:
  US 20100077002A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/779
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/26 Visual data mining; Browsing structured data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/532 Query formulation, e.g. graphical querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

An event provider, such as a media player, and a method of operating the media player in which the events stored therein or available thereto are divided/filtered into groups, where all groups comprising all of the events, and where, when a group of events is provided is offered for the user in a non hierarchical mode of operation. Media players with improved user interfaces are illustrated.

Claims

1-40. -40. (canceled)

41. A method of operating an event provider, the method comprising:

providing a plurality of audio, image or video events or groups of events adapted to be provided on the event provider, each event/group having a number of parameters assigned thereto,

selecting, using a first search criterion on the basis of one or more of the parameters, a first group of the plurality of events/groups falling within the first search criterion,

selecting, using a second search criterion on the basis of one or more of the parameters, a second group of events/groups from the first group of events/groups falling within the second search criterion,

providing a list of events/groups to be provided on the event provider, the list comprising the events/groups of the second group of events/groups and the remaining events/groups of the first group of events/groups in a predetermined order.

42. A method according to claim 41, wherein the predetermined order is the events/groups of the second group of events/groups being provided before the remaining events/groups of the first group of events/groups.

43. A method according to claim 41, further comprising the step of the event provider sequentially providing the events/groups in the order of the list.

44. An event provider for providing, to a user, audio, image or video events or groups of such events from a list of events/groups, the provider comprising:

means for holding or accessing a plurality of events/groups adapted to be provided on the event provider, each event/group having a number of parameters assigned thereto,

means for providing one or more events/groups to the user,

means for allowing a user to select, using a first search criterion on the basis of one or more of the parameters, a first group of the plurality of events/groups falling within the first search criterion,

means for allowing the user to select, using a second search criterion on the basis of one or more of the parameters, a second group of the first group of events/groups falling within the second search criterion,

means for controlling the providing means to provide the events/groups of the second group of events/groups and the remaining events/groups of the first group of events/groups in a predetermined order.

45. An event provider according to claim 44, wherein the controlling means is adapted to provide, to the providing means, the events/groups of the second group before the remaining events/groups of the first group of events/groups.

46. An event provider according to claim 44, the provider being adapted to provide, sequentially, the events/groups in the order of the list.