Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tuning dial user interface
- Patent Title (中): 调整拨号用户界面
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Application No.: US11559639Application Date: 2006-11-14
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Publication No.: US08640054B2Publication Date: 2014-01-28
- Inventor: Hemant Jha , Manabu Sakamoto , Ryutaro Sakai
- Applicant: Hemant Jha , Manabu Sakamoto , Ryutaro Sakai
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo US NJ Park Ridge
- Assignee: Sony Corporation,Sony Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation,Sony Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo US NJ Park Ridge
- Agency: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP
- Main IPC: G09G5/00
- IPC: G09G5/00

Abstract:
A controller for use by a user is utilized to select media for playback by an entertainment system. A display displays a hierarchy of levels of options to the user. One level of the hierarchy of levels is displayed at a time. A physical dial is utilized to select an option on the one level of the hierarchy of levels in response to a physical movement of the physical dial. A processing device updates the display of the hierarchy of levels in response to selection of the option by the user. The processing device performs one of the following in response to the user selecting the option on the one level: (a) displaying a higher level of the hierarchy of levels, or (b) generating an instruction to cause media corresponding to the option to be played by the entertainment system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070216665A1 Tuning Dial User Interface Public/Granted day:2007-09-20
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