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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.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
May. 12, 2010
Rachel Clare Goldeen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jeffrey MA, Redwood City, CA (US);
Michael Margolis, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rainer Brodersen, San Jose, CA (US);
Calin Pacurariu, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Robbin, Los Altos, CA (US);
Rachel Clare Goldeen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jeffrey Ma, Redwood City, CA (US);
Michael Margolis, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rainer Brodersen, San Jose, CA (US);
Calin Pacurariu, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Robbin, Los Altos, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Improved systems and methods to navigate, browse, search and/or playback digital media assets (e.g., media items) hosted on a media server are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention pertains to a user interface arrangement, such as a hierarchical menu system, that facilitates navigation, browsing and playing of media items remotely stored on a media server. The user interface arrangement enables user scrolling or browsing with respect to a list or set of information pertaining to media items, where the list or set can be expanded to include information for additional media items that are subsequently acquired. The user interface arrangement can also present and permit navigation of categorized media items. The user interface arrangement can be presented on a display device associated with a client device. In one embodiment, the display device can be a television and the client device can be an electronic apparatus that can couple to the media server via a network.