Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Variable I/O interface for portable media device
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Application No.: US14274940Application Date: 2014-05-12
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Publication No.: US09864491B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Glenn Gregory Gilley , Sarah A. Brody , Randall Hayes Ubillos , Mihnea Calin Pacurariu
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Van Court & Aldridge LLP
- Main IPC: A63B71/00
- IPC: A63B71/00 ; A63B21/00 ; G06F11/30 ; G06F3/0484 ; G06F1/16 ; G06F3/0482 ; G06F19/00 ; A63B24/00

Abstract:
The present invention can include electronic devices having variable input/output interfaces that can allow a user to interact with the devices with greater efficiency and in a more ergonomic manner. An electronic device of the present invention can display icons associated with user-programmable parameters of a media file. By interacting with the icons, a user can change the user-programmable parameters during playback of the media file. Changes to the user-programmable parameters can affect playback of the remainder of the media file. An electronic device of the present invention also can automatically re-orient images shown on a display and re-configure user input components based on the orientation of the electronic device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140250380A1 VARIABLE I/O INTERFACE FOR PORTABLE MEDIA DEVICE Public/Granted day:2014-09-04
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