Multimedia control center
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1. A method comprising:
- displaying, on a display device, a menu associated with a media control center, the menu comprising;
a blurred media application window disposed in the background of a viewing area; and
a list of control options disposed in the foreground of the viewing area and over the blurred media application window, at least one of the control options being configured to initiate a transition from the list of control options to the blurred media application window, the transition including fading the list of control options out of the viewing area while focusing the media application window into the foreground of the viewing area.
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Abstract
Techniques and systems for centralized access to multimedia content stored on or available to a computing device are disclosed. The centralized access can be provided by a media control interface that receives user inputs and interacts with media programs resident on the computing device to produce graphical user interfaces that can be presented on a display device.
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1. A method comprising:
displaying, on a display device, a menu associated with a media control center, the menu comprising; a blurred media application window disposed in the background of a viewing area; and a list of control options disposed in the foreground of the viewing area and over the blurred media application window, at least one of the control options being configured to initiate a transition from the list of control options to the blurred media application window, the transition including fading the list of control options out of the viewing area while focusing the media application window into the foreground of the viewing area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system comprising:
one or more processors configured to; display, on a display device, a menu associated with a media control center, the menu comprising; a blurred media application window disposed in the background of a viewing area; and a list of control options disposed in the foreground of the viewing area and over the blurred media application window, at least one of the control options being configured to initiate a transition from the list of control options to the blurred media application window, the transition including fading the list of control options out of the viewing area while focusing the media application window into the foreground of the viewing area. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising stored instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
displaying, on a display device, a menu associated with a media control center, the menu comprising; a blurred media application window disposed in the background of a viewing area; and a list of control options disposed in the foreground of the viewing area and over the blurred media application window, at least one of the control options being configured to initiate a transition from the list of control options to the blurred media application window, the transition including fading the list of control options out of the viewing area while focusing the media application window into the foreground of the viewing area. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method comprising:
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generating, for display on a display device, a blurred media application window disposed in the background of a viewing area; generating, for display on the display device, a list of control options in the foreground of the viewing area superimposed over the blurred media application window; and initiating, in response to a user input received activating one of the control options in the list of control options, a transition from the list of control options to the blurred media application window, the transition including fading the list of control options out of the foreground of the viewing area while concurrently focusing the media application window into the foreground of the view area.
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