Advanced navigation method for music players and video players
First Claim
1. A content navigation method on a mobile device including a control switch, a selection switch, and a plurality of search switches, the method comprising:
- entering a pattern search mode by receiving an indication of activation of the selection switch;
indicating a search pattern by receiving an indication of activation of at least one search switch once, wherein the search pattern includes a subset of characters associated with the at least one search switch and wherein other subsets of characters are associated with other corresponding search switches;
identifying a set of names corresponding to a set of content objects stored in a storage device responsive to the search pattern, the set of names including one or more names each including in a first character position the subset of characters associated with the at least one search switch;
responsive to the set of names including only one name with the search pattern, displaying the one name;
responsive to the set of names including more than the one name with the search pattern, displaying in a first display position at least one place holder character associated with at least one of the subset of characters included in the set of names; and
repeating the entering, indicating, identifying for subsequent character positions, and displaying in subsequent display positions further ones of the at least one place holder for subsequent search patterns until the set of names includes only the one name;
wherein the at least one place holder character is associated with the more than one name and a count of unresolved characters in the set of names.
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Abstract
A content navigation method that may be used with a storage device that holds multiple content objects includes a controller, at least one search switch and at least one control switch. Each of the content objects has a corresponding name which includes at least one character from an alphabet. The controller determines a set of names of the stored content that corresponds to the activation of the search switch, displays at least one name the set of names and, responsive to the control switch, selects the content object corresponding to the displayed name. The search switches may include multiple search switches, each associated with a predetermined set of letters from the alphabet. Alternatively, each switch may have an corresponding display and may be associated with a dynamically determined set of letters based on their frequency of occurrence in the names.
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41 Claims
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1. A content navigation method on a mobile device including a control switch, a selection switch, and a plurality of search switches, the method comprising:
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entering a pattern search mode by receiving an indication of activation of the selection switch; indicating a search pattern by receiving an indication of activation of at least one search switch once, wherein the search pattern includes a subset of characters associated with the at least one search switch and wherein other subsets of characters are associated with other corresponding search switches; identifying a set of names corresponding to a set of content objects stored in a storage device responsive to the search pattern, the set of names including one or more names each including in a first character position the subset of characters associated with the at least one search switch; responsive to the set of names including only one name with the search pattern, displaying the one name; responsive to the set of names including more than the one name with the search pattern, displaying in a first display position at least one place holder character associated with at least one of the subset of characters included in the set of names; and repeating the entering, indicating, identifying for subsequent character positions, and displaying in subsequent display positions further ones of the at least one place holder for subsequent search patterns until the set of names includes only the one name; wherein the at least one place holder character is associated with the more than one name and a count of unresolved characters in the set of names. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-implemented content navigation method, comprising:
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receiving an indication of activation of a search switch having associated therewith a subset of alphanumeric characters; identifying a set of names associated with a corresponding set of content objects stored in a storage device responsive to the indication of activation, the set of names including at least one name having in a first character position at least one character in the subset of alphanumeric characters; responsive to the set of names including only one name having in the first character position the at least one character, displaying the one name; responsive to the set of names including more than the one name having in the first character position the at least one character, displaying in a first display position at least one place holder character associated with the at least one character in the subset of alphanumeric characters included in the set of names; and displaying in each subsequent display position subsequent instances of the at least one place holder character for subsequent indications of activations of any of a plurality of search switches until the displaying the only one name; wherein the at least one place holder character represents a count of unresolved characters in the set of names. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A device, comprising:
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a plurality of search switches each having assigned a corresponding subset of alphanumeric characters; a controller coupled to the plurality of search switches and configured to identify a set of names associated with a corresponding set of content objects stored in a storage device responsive to activation of one of the search switches, the set of names including one or more names each having one or more characters in the subset of alphanumeric characters; a display coupled to the controller configured to display one name in the set of names responsive to the controller identifying only the one name having the one or more characters in the subset of alphanumeric characters and configured to display subsequent instances of the at least one place holder character responsive to subsequent activation of additional search switches and identification of subsequent sets of names each having one or more characters in subsequent subsets of alphanumeric characters until the display of the one name; and a control switch coupled to the controller and configured to select the one name displayed; where the at least one place holder character represents plural names and a count of unresolved characters in the set of names; where the set of content objects includes at least one of a video or audio content object. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A mobile device, comprising:
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means for receiving an indication of activation of one of a plurality of search switches having associated therewith a subset of characters; a storage device configured to store a set of content objects; means for identifying a set of names associated with the set of content objects stored in the storage device responsive to the means for activating the one of the plurality of search switches, the set of names including one or more names each having in a first character position one or more characters in the subset of characters; responsive to the set of names including only one name having in the first character position the one or more characters in the subset of characters, means for displaying the one name; responsive to the set of names including more than the one name having in the first character position the one or more characters in the subset of characters, means for displaying in a first display position at least one place holder character associated with the one or more characters in the subset of characters included in the set of names; and means for repeatedly receiving the indication of activation for subsequent character positions, means for identifying, and means for displaying in subsequent display positions further ones of the at least one place holder character for subsequent indications of activations of any of the plurality of search switches until the means for displaying displays only the one name; wherein the at least one place holder character represents plural names and a count of unresolved characters in the set of names. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions that configure a computing device or computing system to perform operations comprising:
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receiving an indication of activation of one of a plurality of search switches having associated therewith a subset of characters; identifying a set of names associated with a corresponding set of content objects stored in a storage device responsive to the activating the one of the plurality of search switches, the set of names including one or more names each having in a first character position one or more characters in the subset of characters; responsive to the set of names including only one name having in the first character position the one or more characters, displaying the one name; responsive to the set of names including more than the one name having in the first character position the one or more characters, displaying in a first display position at least one place holder character associated with the one or more characters in the subset of characters included in the set of names; and repeating the receiving the indication of activation of the one of the plurality of search switches for subsequent character positions, identifying, and displaying in subsequent display positions further ones of the at least one place holder character for subsequent activations of any of the plurality of search switches until the displaying the only one name; wherein the at least one place holder character represents plural names and a count of unresolved characters in the set of names; wherein the set of content objects includes at least one of a video or audio content object. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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