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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2014
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

John Benjamin Filson, Mountain View, CA (US);

Pinida Jan Moolsintong, Cupertino, CA (US);

Emery A. Sanford, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/033 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G04B 37/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/05 (2006.01); H04M 1/60 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); A45F 5/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); A45C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2013.01); A45F 5/021 (2013.01); G04B 37/02 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); H04M 1/05 (2013.01); H04M 1/6058 (2013.01); H04R 1/02 (2013.01); A45C 2011/002 (2013.01); A45F 2200/0516 (2013.01); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); H04R 5/033 (2013.01); H04R 2201/103 (2013.01); H04R 2420/09 (2013.01); H04R 2460/03 (2013.01); H04R 2499/11 (2013.01);
Abstract

Electronic devices such as compact portable media players are provided. A housing for an electronic device may be relatively compact. The housing may include a door assembly with an attached spring-loaded clip. The electronic device may include a hold switch. Depending on the state of the hold switch, the electronic device may be in an off mode, a continuous playback mode, or a shuffle playback mode. The electronic device may not have integrated media playback controls such as play, pause, rewind, fast forward, etc. As one example, the electronic device may connect to an accessory that has media playback controls. Buttons and other user interfaces may be included in the accessory and user input information may be conveyed between the accessory and the electronic device using a wired path including audio connectors. The electronic device may include a printed circuit board assembly that is nested together with a battery assembly.


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