Digital Media Player User Interface

• US 20100162120A1
• Filed: 12/18/2008
• Published: 06/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLC (Western Digital Corporation)
• Original Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLC (Western Digital Corporation)
• Inventors: Koren, Doten, Halpern, Joseph, Sheba, Yaron, Niizawa, Derek
• Application Number:
  US12/338,768
• Publication Number:
  US 20100162120A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/727
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

A user interface of a digital media player is disclosed. In one embodiment, a digital media player comprises a memory storing a plurality of channels of digital media files and a plurality of background animation files, wherein each channel is associated with a respective background animation file. The digital media player receives a user selection of a channel, displays a channel name of the selected channel, and plays the background animation file associated with the selected channel. In another embodiment, the digital media player receives a user selection of a channel, displays a channel name of the selected channel, and displays a visual representation of the plurality of channels, wherein a first indicia is used to represent the selected channel and a second indicia is used to represent the other channels.

Claims

1. A method for providing a user interface on a digital media player, the method comprising:

with a digital media player comprising a memory storing a plurality of channels of digital media files and a plurality of background animation files, wherein each channel is associated with a respective background animation file;

receiving a user selection of a channel;

displaying a channel name of the selected channel; and

playing the background animation file associated with the selected channel.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying information about a digital media file being played by the digital media player.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying information about a next digital media file in the channel.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital media player receives the user selection of the channel through one of a next channel user input element and a previous channel user input element.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the memory comprises a solid-state memory in a memory card that is removably connectable with the digital media player.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the memory comprises a solid-state memory embedded in the digital media player.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital media files comprise digital audio files.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the channels are pre-loaded into the memory.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one channel is user-defined.

10. A method for providing a user interface on a digital media player, the method comprising:

with a digital media player comprising a memory storing a plurality of channels of digital media files;

receiving a user selection of a channel;

displaying a channel name of the selected channel; and

displaying a visual representation of the plurality of channels, wherein a first indicia is used to represent the selected channel and a second indicia is used to represent the other channels.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

receiving a user selection of a different channel; and

updating the visual representation of the plurality of channels to reflect the selection of the different channel.

12. The method of claim 10 further comprising displaying information about a digital media file being played by the digital media player.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the digital media player receives the user selection of the channel through one of a next channel user input element and a previous channel user input element.

14. The method of claim 10 further comprising displaying information about a next digital media file in the channel.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the memory comprises a solid-state memory in a memory card that is removably connectable with the digital media player.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the memory comprises a solid-state memory embedded in the digital media player.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the digital media files comprise digital audio files.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the channels are pre-loaded into the memory.

19. The method of claim 10, wherein at least one channel is user-defined.

20. The method of claim 10, wherein the memory further stores a plurality of background animation files, wherein each channel is associated with a respective background animation file, and wherein the method further comprises playing the background animation file associated with the selected channel.