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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:
Jul. 07, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 19, 2012
Applicants:

Rainer Brodersen, San Jose, CA (US);

Jeffrey Robbin, Los Altos, CA (US);

Thomas Michael Madden, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Rachel Clare Goldeen, Mountain View, CA (US);

Jeffrey MA, Redwood City, CA (US);

Kevin Arnold, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Inventors:

Rainer Brodersen, San Jose, CA (US);

Jeffrey Robbin, Los Altos, CA (US);

Thomas Michael Madden, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Rachel Clare Goldeen, Mountain View, CA (US);

Jeffrey Ma, Redwood City, CA (US);

Kevin Arnold, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/765 (2006.01); H04N 9/80 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04N 5/783 (2006.01); G11B 19/02 (2006.01); G11B 27/00 (2006.01); G11B 27/34 (2006.01); H04N 5/781 (2006.01); H04N 5/907 (2006.01); H04N 5/915 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/783 (2013.01); G11B 19/025 (2013.01); G11B 27/005 (2013.01); G11B 27/34 (2013.01); H04N 5/765 (2013.01); H04N 5/781 (2013.01); H04N 5/907 (2013.01); H04N 5/915 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of scanning content comprises receiving an input signal indicating that content being displayed is to be scanned, sensing a duration of the received input signal, and scanning the content at a rate based at least in part on the sensed duration of the received input.


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