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Graphical user interface and methods of use thereof in a multimedia player

  • US 8,188,357 B2
  • Filed: 05/12/2009
  • Issued: 05/29/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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