What is patent 20030095096 for?

Answer 1

Patent application 2003/0095096 is for improved approaches for users of computing devices to interact with graphical user interfaces. According to one aspect, a rotational user action supplied by a user at a user input device is transformed into linear action with respect to a graphical user interface. According to another aspect, a portion of an extended list of items is displayed by a graphical user interface and, through rotational user actions at a user input device, the portion of the list being displayed can be varied with welcomed ease of use. Although the type of computing device can vary, the improved approaches are particularly well-suited for use with a portable media player.

Claim 1 recites a portable media player, comprising: a storage disk drive that stores media content for each of a plurality of media items; a display screen that displays a portion of the media items at a time; a user input device that enables a user of said portable media player to at least select a particular media item from the plurality of media items through a rotational action with respect to said user input device; and a processor operatively connected to said storage disk drive and said user input device, said processor controls said portable media player to play the media content of the particular media item that was selected using said user input device.

Answer 2

Application 2003/0095096 issued as US Patent 7,345,671 on 18 March 2008 to Jeffrey Robbin, Steve Jobs, and Phil Schiller. The first independent claim (of 45 total claims) is listed below:

1. A portable media player, comprising: a storage device that stores media content for each of a plurality of media items; a display screen that displays a portion of the media items at a time; a user input device having an exposed upper surface that enables a user of said portable media player to at least identify a particular media item from the media items being displayed through a rotational action with respect to the exposed upper surface of said user input device, wherein said user input device comprises a rotary dial and a button, and wherein the button is provided at the center of the rotary dial; and a processor operatively connected to said storage device and said user input device, said processor controls said portable media player to play the media content of the particular media item that was identified using said user input device, wherein, responsive to the rotational action with respect to the exposed upper surface of said user input device, visual feedback is provided on said display screen.

Answer 3

is for improved approaches for users of computing devices to interact with graphical user interfaces.

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