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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2007
Patrick Heynen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Marian Goldeen, Three Rivers, CA (US);
Egan Schulz, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel E. Fish, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Patrick Heynen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Marian Goldeen, Three Rivers, CA (US);
Egan Schulz, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel E. Fish, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for changing a value displayed on a screen is provided. In response to receiving a user input indicating motion in a particular direction, changing the value independent of where the position of a cursor is on the screen. The value being changed may comprise of a series of segments, and each segment value can be changed individually. In addition, a different user input device that does not indicate motion in a particular direction may be used to change segment values and to select other segment values. Methods for automatically formatting a segmented values and calculating a base time rate based on two different frame rates are also provided.