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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:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2009
Brian Meaney, San Jose, CA (US);
Melissa Breglio, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mike Stern, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jerremy Holland, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Dave Cerf, San Francisco, CA (US);
Colleen Pendergast, Livermore, CA (US);
Peter A. Steinauer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michaelle Stikich, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles Lyons, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian Meaney, San Jose, CA (US);
Melissa Breglio, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mike Stern, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jerremy Holland, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Dave Cerf, San Francisco, CA (US);
Colleen Pendergast, Livermore, CA (US);
Peter A. Steinauer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michaelle Stikich, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles Lyons, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a computer readable medium storing a media editing application for creating multimedia presentations. The application includes a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI includes a composite display area for displaying a portion of a timeline to which multimedia clips are assigned to create a composite media presentation. The timeline is divided into user-defined segments. The GUI includes an outline window for displaying a list of selectable items representing the user-defined segments, the selectable items for use in applying various operations to the user-modifiable segments. In some embodiments, the various operations include operations to insert a new segment into the timeline, to merge at least two segments into one segment, to hide a particular segment from view, to focus on a particular segment or group of segments in the composite display area, as well as other operations.