Graphical user interface and methods of use thereof in a multimedia player

摘要

In a portable multimedia device, a method, apparatus, and system for providing user supplied configuration data are described. In one embodiment, a hierarchically ordered graphical user interface are provided. A first order, or home, interface provides a highest order of user selectable items each of which, when selected, results in an automatic transition to a lower order user interface associated with the selected item. In one of the described embodiments, the lower order interface includes other user selectable items associated with the previously selected item from the higher order user interface.

主权项

1. A pocket-sized device comprising:
a display screen configured to display a graphical user interface comprising a group of items, and an input device comprising a first surface of the pocket-sized device and a second surface of the pocket-sized device, the first surface surrounding the second surface, wherein the pocket-sized device is configured to
scroll through each item of the group of items in different directions in response to different rotational inputs from a user received by the input device on the first surface,invoke a selection protocol in response to a press input from a user received by the input device on the second surface, andscroll through each item of the group of items in different directions in response to different press inputs from a user received by the input device.