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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11442563 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 13, 2020

Status indicators for an electronic device

Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Steve Jobs, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Anthony M. Fadell, Portola Valley, CA (US);

Jonathan P. Ive, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:

Kubota & Basol LLP

Primary Examiner:

Ram A Mistry

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G11B 27/034 (2006.01); G11B 27/36 (2006.01); G11C 7/20 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); G11B 27/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G11B 20/00 (2006.01); G11B 20/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1632 (2013.01); G06F 1/266 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2013.01); G11B 27/034 (2013.01); G11B 27/105 (2013.01); G11B 27/36 (2013.01); G11C 7/20 (2013.01); H05K 5/0278 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04106 (2013.01); G11B 2020/00057 (2013.01); G11B 2020/10546 (2013.01); G11B 2220/60 (2013.01); G11B 2220/61 (2013.01); G11C 2207/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

An improved portable media device and methods for operating a media device are disclosed. According to one aspect, the portable media device can also function as a solid-state drive for data storage. The form factor of the portable media device can be hand-held or smaller, such that it is highly portable. The portable media device can use one or more status indicators. The portable media device can also include a peripheral bus connector, a rechargeable battery, and one or more input devices. According to another aspect, the portable media device has the capability to store media device status information in persistent memory before powering down. Thereafter, when the portable media device is again powered up, the stored media player status information can be retrieved and utilized. According to still another aspect, the portable media device can form and/or traverse a media asset playlist in an efficient manner.

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