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User interface for a device for playback of multimedia files

A multimedia file and user interface technology, applied in the direction of recording carrier components, carrier indicating devices, recording carrier editing, etc., can solve the problems of troublesome navigation and lack of space for displaying information, etc., and achieve the effect of convenient navigation

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-01-24
INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HLDG
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[0003] Navigation among these multimedia files (i.e., in the library of corresponding multimedia files) is very cumbersome, especially for users with limited or no space for displaying information to the user

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[0022] exist figure 1 In a), a display 1a of a device for playing back audio files, such as a portable mp3 player, is shown. In addition to a number of symbols and an array of numbers indicating the playing time of the audio file, the display 1a also includes a three-line text array 2 capable of displaying a certain amount of variable text. Furthermore, the display 1a has a specific array 4 in which the classification and / or playback order of the audio files is indicated according to year, folder, artist, album, genre or playlist. Of course, other attributes of the file such as last access time, number of accesses, length, creation date or even user's personal weight can also be used for classification.

[0023] figure 1 b shows a more limited display 1b of the device for playback of audio files. with reference figure 1 Similar to the display described in a, the display includes a number array and a plurality of symbols for indicating the playing time of the audio file. H...

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The present invention relates to a user interface for a multimedia device having means for navigating within a plurality of multimedia files and / or means for changing a playback order. According to the invention, the user interface includes means for changing the sorting order and / or playback order of the plurality of multimedia files, whereby upon changing the sorting order and / or playback order of the multimedia files the currently selected multimedia file is kept and the new sorting order and / or playback order is determined by at least one property of the currently selected multimedia file.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a user interface for a playback device of multimedia files, with means for navigating among a plurality of multimedia files and / or means for changing the order of playback, and to a Methods for navigating within a file and / or for changing the playback order. Furthermore, the present invention also relates to a device for playing back multimedia files using such a user interface or method. Background technique [0002] Today, a variety of multimedia devices are available for storage and playback of multimedia files. An example is a device capable of playing back compressed audio files, such as files in mp3, mp3Pro or WMA format. Of course, various other compression formats also exist. Another example is a portable video player that allows playback of movies or short video clips and presentation of photos with slideshows. Also, in this article, e-books used to display text files are also multimedia devices. Various o...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/033G06FG06F3/048G06F3/0482G11B27/02G11B27/10G11B27/34
CPCG06F17/30775G06F17/30749G06F3/0484G06F3/048G11B27/34G11B27/02G11B27/102G06F3/0482G06F17/30758G06F16/68G06F16/64G06F16/634
Inventor 马修·奥陈世凡李建保
Owner INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HLDG