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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2005
Thomas Madden, Redwood City, CA (US);
Eric Seymour, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott Forstall, Mountain View, CA (US);
Celia Vigil, Los Altos, CA (US);
Imran Chaudhri, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas Madden, Redwood City, CA (US);
Eric Seymour, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott Forstall, Mountain View, CA (US);
Celia Vigil, Los Altos, CA (US);
Imran Chaudhri, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques and systems for intelligent navigation of sequential media content are disclosed. The intelligent navigation is well suited to enable users to better control media playback with regards to a media playback application operating on a computing device. One embodiment of a method for playing sequential media content by a media playback application operating on a computing device includes at least the acts of: initiating playing of the sequential media content by the media playback application; receiving a user input requesting to start playing at a new position in the sequential media content; marking a current position in the sequential media content; thereafter initiating playing of the sequential media content at the new position; receiving a user input requesting to reset playing to the marked current position; and subsequently initiating playing of the sequential media content at the marked current position.