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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 23, 2007
Applicants:

Kenneth Oetzel, San Rafael, CA (US);

Allan B. Lamkin, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kenneth Oetzel, San Rafael, CA (US);

Allan B. Lamkin, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Sonic Solutions, LLC., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); H04N 5/44 (2011.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G11B 27/00 (2006.01); G11B 27/10 (2006.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 3/04855 (2013.01); G11B 27/005 (2013.01); G11B 27/105 (2013.01); H04N 21/47217 (2013.01); H04N 21/42216 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present embodiments provide methods and apparatuses for use in navigating through content. Some embodiments provide methods for use in navigating through content that receive an initial first directional control command, activate a seek mode upon receipt of the initial first directional control command comprising advancing over a first amount of content in a first direction from a first point in the content to a second point in the content, receive an initial second directional control command following the receipt of the initial first directional command, and activate a search mode upon receipt of the initial second directional control command, comprising advancing back over a second amount of the first amount of the content where the second amount is less than the first amount of the content.


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