Media player interface
DCFirst Claim
Patent Images
1. A computer readable medium comprising media player application code which implements the following procedures:
- generating in a user interface an application window having a window frame and a plurality of stiles to define a plurality of panes within said frame;
displaying in a first one of said panes a user selectable index of a plurality of media files;
displaying in a second one of said panes first selected information for said media files; and
displaying in a third one of said panes second selected information for said media files wherein said second and third panes are each initialized with a selection to view all of said user selectable index of the plurality of media files in said first pane.
2 Assignments
Litigations
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A computer readable medium contains media player application code which implements the procedures of generating in a user interface an application window having a window frame and a plurality of stiles to define a plurality of panes within said frame, displaying in a first one of said panes a user selectable index of a plurality of media files, displaying in a second one of said first selected information for said media files, and displaying in a third one of said panes second selected information for said media files.
639 Citations
71 Claims
-
1. A computer readable medium comprising media player application code which implements the following procedures:
-
generating in a user interface an application window having a window frame and a plurality of stiles to define a plurality of panes within said frame;
displaying in a first one of said panes a user selectable index of a plurality of media files;
displaying in a second one of said panes first selected information for said media files; and
displaying in a third one of said panes second selected information for said media files wherein said second and third panes are each initialized with a selection to view all of said user selectable index of the plurality of media files in said first pane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
-
-
47. A computer readable medium comprising media player application code which implements the following procedures:
-
generating in a user interface an application window having a window frame and a plurality of stiles to define a plurality of panes within said frame;
displaying in a first one of said panes a user selectable index of a plurality of media files;
displaying in a second one of said panes a user selectable index of a plurality of artists associated with said media files;
displaying in a third one of said panes a user selectable index of a plurality of albums associated with said media files; and
displaying a browse button in said frame wherein selecting said button through said user interface toggles said window between all of said panes being displayed and only a said first one of said panes being displayed. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
-
-
61. A computer readable medium comprising media player application code which implements the following procedures:
-
generating in a user interface an application window having a window frame and a plurality of stiles to define a plurality of panes within said frame;
displaying in a first one of said panes a user selectable index of a plurality of media files;
displaying in a second one of said panes first selected information for said media files;
displaying in a third one of said panes second selected information for said media files; and
displaying in a fourth one of said panes information relating to a plurality of user selectable sources for said media files, wherein a first one of said sources is a library source and a second one of said sources is a user definable playlist, said library source when selected causes said first, second and said third ones of said panes to be displayed. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
displaying in said frame a user selectable button wherein selection of said button develops a visual effect in said window in lieu of said panes.
-
-
69. A computer readable medium as set forth in claim 68 wherein said visual effect is developed responsive to at least one parameter of one of said media files while used by said media player.
-
70. A computer readable medium as set forth in claim 61, further comprising media player application code which implements the following procedures:
displaying a search box disposed in a selected portion of said frame adapted to receive through said user interface successive characters of a search term.
-
71. A computer readable medium as set forth in claim 70 further comprising automatically searching said index upon entry of each one of said successive characters, and, in response to said searching being performed, refreshing said first one of said panes such that only selected ones of said media files in said index matching said successive ones of said characters are displayed.
Specification