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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2003
Dane M. Howard, Sammamish, WA (US);
Eric G. Lang, Yarrow Point, WA (US);
R. Donald Thompson, Iii, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Dane M. Howard, Sammamish, WA (US);
Eric G. Lang, Yarrow Point, WA (US);
R. Donald Thompson, III, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method are related to navigating through content on a device that includes stored information that is organized according to channels. Content that is associated with the channels is selected and viewed on a display of the device by means of passive interaction when the device is in a glance-view operating state. The device periodically changes the display according to a playlist that indexes selected channel views associated with the current channel. The selected channel views are selected from the available channels according to a rule set that is associated with the channel. After every item in the playlist is processed, the playlist is updated according to application of the rule set. A customized channel may include references to other channels such that channel views associated with the customized channel correspond to channel views from other channels.