Graphical user interface and methods of use thereof in a multimedia player
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1. A portable media player, comprising:
- a storage device configured to store media content for multiple media items;
a display screen configured to display multiple hierarchically ordered interfaces, the interfaces comprising sets of user selectable items associated with the multiple media items; and
a processor configured todisplay the multiple hierarchically ordered interfaces exclusively of one another, anddisplay a transition between the display of each of the multiple hierarchically ordered interfaces in a horizontal manner,wherein the multiple hierarchically ordered interfaces comprise a highest order interface and one or more lower order interfaces,wherein the processor is further configured to enable a user to navigate from the highest order interface through the one or more lower order interfaces to reach an interface that indicates playback of the media content, andwherein the processor is further configured to enable a user to navigate directly from the highest order interface to the interface that indicates playback of the media content without navigating through the one or more lower order interfaces.
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Abstract
In a portable multimedia device, a method, apparatus, and system for providing user supplied configuration data are described. In one embodiment, a hierarchically ordered graphical user interface is provided. A first order, or home, interface provides a highest order of user selectable items each of which, when selected, results in an automatic transition to a lower order user interface associated with the selected item. In one of the described embodiments, the lower order interface includes other user selectable items associated with the previously selected item from the higher order user interface.
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1. A portable media player, comprising:
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a storage device configured to store media content for multiple media items; a display screen configured to display multiple hierarchically ordered interfaces, the interfaces comprising sets of user selectable items associated with the multiple media items; and a processor configured to display the multiple hierarchically ordered interfaces exclusively of one another, and display a transition between the display of each of the multiple hierarchically ordered interfaces in a horizontal manner, wherein the multiple hierarchically ordered interfaces comprise a highest order interface and one or more lower order interfaces, wherein the processor is further configured to enable a user to navigate from the highest order interface through the one or more lower order interfaces to reach an interface that indicates playback of the media content, and wherein the processor is further configured to enable a user to navigate directly from the highest order interface to the interface that indicates playback of the media content without navigating through the one or more lower order interfaces. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A portable media player, comprising:
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a display screen; a storage device configured to store media content for multiple media items; and a processor configured to display multiple hierarchically ordered interfaces on the display screen, wherein the interfaces comprise sets of user selectable items associated with the multiple media items, wherein more than one of the multiple hierarchically ordered interfaces comprise an all item, wherein the multiple hierarchically ordered interfaces comprise a highest order interface and one or more lower order interfaces, wherein the processor is further configured to enable a user to navigate from the highest order interface through the one or more lower order interfaces to reach an interface that indicates playback of the media content, and wherein the processor is further configured to enable a user to navigate directly from the highest order interface to the interface that indicates playback of the media content without navigating through the one or more lower order interfaces. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A portable media player, comprising:
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a storage device configured to store media content for multiple media items; a display screen configured to display multiple hierarchically ordered interfaces, the interfaces comprising sets of user selectable items associated with the multiple media items; and a processor configured to display the multiple hierarchically ordered interfaces exclusively of one another, and display a transition between the display of each of the multiple hierarchically ordered interfaces in a horizontal manner, wherein the multiple hierarchically ordered interfaces comprise a highest order interface and one or more lower order interfaces, wherein the processor is further configured to enable a user to navigate from the highest order interface through the one or more lower order interfaces to reach an interface that indicates playback of the media content, and wherein the processor is further configured to enable a user to navigate directly from the interface that indicates playback of the media content to the highest order interface without navigating through the one or more lower order interfaces. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A portable media player, comprising:
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a display screen; a storage device configured to store media content for multiple media items; and a processor configured to display multiple hierarchically ordered interfaces on the display screen, wherein the interfaces comprise sets of user selectable items associated with the multiple media items, wherein more than one of the multiple hierarchically ordered interfaces comprise an all item, wherein the multiple hierarchically ordered interfaces comprise a highest order interface and one or more lower order interfaces, wherein the processor is further configured to enable a user to navigate from the highest order interface through the one or more lower order interfaces to reach an interface that indicates playback of the media content, and wherein the processor is further configured to enable a user to navigate directly from the interface that indicates playback of the media content to the highest order interface without navigating through the one or more lower order interfaces. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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