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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2009
Peter Rosser, Kirkland, WA (US);
C. Wesley Wahlin, Issaquah, WA (US);
Jennifer Roth, Seattle, WA (US);
Timothy Zobel, Snoqulamie, WA (US);
Peter Rosser, Kirkland, WA (US);
C. Wesley Wahlin, Issaquah, WA (US);
Jennifer Roth, Seattle, WA (US);
Timothy Zobel, Snoqulamie, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Providing previews of seek locations in digital media is disclosed. While playback of the media content is progressing as normal a snapshot such as a thumbnail is displayed to show the user a representation of the media content that is associated with a seek location. The functionality of a transport key may be temporarily modified. The temporary modification allows the user to seek to a desired location very accurately and may result in fewer input keys being selected. Moreover, because the modification is temporary a great deal of flexibility is provided.