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US6529804:
Method of and apparatus for enabling the selection of content on a multi-media device
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Draggon, Dave; Tempe, AZ
Michels, Joseph; Scottsdale, AZ
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| Assignee: |
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL
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| Published / Filed: |
2003-03-04
/ 2000-11-07
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| Application Number: |
US2000000707537
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
G06F 3/02;
G06F 7/00;
G06F 17/00;
H04L 29/10;
IPC-7:
G06F 7/00;
G06F 17/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
G01C21/36K; G06F3/0481; G06F3/0481H; G06F3/0482; G06F3/0485; S06F203/04802; L60R11/02E2; L60R11/02P;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
701/001;
340/425.5;
386/282;
715/716;
Original:
701/001;
340/425.5;
386/046;
386/096;
345/716;
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| Field of Search: |
701/024,1,200-25,28
709/204,217,206,203
340/425.5
370/260,270,352
386/046,125,126,96
084/609
345/840,823,861,753,716
348/042,47
434/307 A
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| Priority Number: |
| 2000-11-07 |
US2000000707537 |
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| Abstract: |
The user interface disclosed in the present disclosure allows the user to "tune' to a "content' station just like he is accustomed to tuning to a radio station. The channel band GUI presents various content or feature bands as rotating belts of icons with each icon representing a channel on the band. The use of graphical belts enables a dynamic number of channels per band and the dynamic number of bands. The graphical presentation of the bands includes the presentation of sub-band "visual hints" as a user highlights a channel on a given band. Provided that there is sufficient room on the display, a super-band visual hint can be used to indicate to the user that the current band is a sub-band. The user tunes to a channel by rotating a dial and selecting a channel from the band. A channel can be "fine tuned' by rotating the dial within the channel "band' and making a selection that presents a sub-band for that channel.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Wills, Kevin D. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Black, Thomas G.; Mancho, Ronnie
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First Claim:
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We claim:
1. A method of enabling the selection of content on a multimedia device comprising the steps of:
- displaying a band, wherein the band is displayed graphically as a horizontally rotating belt having a plurality of icons, wherein each of the plurality of icons has one of a horizontally rotating sub-band and the content associated with it, and wherein the horizontally rotating band comprises a dynamic number of icons;
- displaying the band with one of the plurality of icons highlighted in a predetermined location; and
- displaying the horizontally rotating sub-band associated with the one of the plurality of icons highlighted.
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