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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:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2008
Applicants:
Samir B. Gehani, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Patrick Lee Coffman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timothy B. Martin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Samir B. Gehani, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Patrick Lee Coffman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timothy B. Martin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In some embodiments, an electronic device with a touch interface detects one or more user gestures that correspond to instructions to vary the playback speed of a media file that is being played on the device. In response, the device initiates a variable rate scan through the media file, forward or backward. The touch interface can be a touch screen or touch pad.