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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2012
Richard Crandall, Portland, OR (US);
Thomas Dowdy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Richard Crandall, Portland, OR (US);
Thomas Dowdy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Improved techniques and graphical user interfaces that enable users to shuffle a group of media items in accordance with categories associated with the media items are disclosed. According to one aspect, techniques can operate to categorically shuffle media items having categories associated therewith. According to another aspect, a user interface control can be graphically presented to a user to assist the user in selecting a shuffle setting. The shuffle setting provided by the user affects the nature of the shuffle. For example, the shuffle setting can impact the likelihood that two adjacent media items in the group of media items will be from the same one or more categories following the shuffle.