公开(公告)号：US20050071780A1

公开(公告)日：2005-03-31

申请号：US10903496

申请日：2004-07-30

申请人： Max Muller ,  Mike Wiese ,  David Heller ,  Bruno Posokhow ,  Jeffrey Robbin ,  Patrice Gautier

发明人： Max Muller ,  Mike Wiese ,  David Heller ,  Bruno Posokhow ,  Jeffrey Robbin ,  Patrice Gautier

IPC分类号： G06F3/00 ,  G06F9/00 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F15/16 ,  G06F17/00 ,  G06Q20/10 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G09G5/00 ,  H04N5/445 ,  G06F17/60

CPC分类号： G06F17/30058 ,  G06F9/451 ,  G06F17/30026 ,  G06F17/30772 ,  G06F17/30873 ,  G06F17/3089 ,  G06Q20/10 ,  G06Q30/0601 ,  G06Q30/0603 ,  G06Q30/0643

摘要： Improved graphical user interfaces suitable for reviewing, browsing, previewing and/or purchasing media items are also disclosed. The methods and graphical user interfaces are particularly useful for a system that provides purchase and distribution of media in a client-server environment. The graphical user interfaces can be presented to a user at a client (client machine). In one embodiment, the methods and graphical user interfaces can assist users in locating media to be browsed, previewed or purchased. The media can, for example, be audio, video and/or image data. The methods and graphical user interfaces are particularly useful for reviewing, browsing, previewing and/or purchasing classical music.

摘要翻译： 还公开了适于审查，浏览，预览和/或购买媒体项目的改进的图形用户界面。 方法和图形用户界面对于在客户端 - 服务器环境中提供媒体的购买和分发的系统特别有用。 图形用户界面可以在客户机（客户机）上呈现给用户。 在一个实施例中，方法和图形用户界面可以帮助用户定位要浏览，预览或购买的媒体。 媒体可以例如是音频，视频和/或图像数据。 方法和图形用户界面对于审查，浏览，预览和/或购买古典音乐特别有用。

公开(公告)号：US20050021880A1

公开(公告)日：2005-01-27

申请号：US10923549

申请日：2004-08-20

申请人： Jeffrey Robbin ,  David Heller ,  Craig Marciniak

发明人： Jeffrey Robbin ,  David Heller ,  Craig Marciniak

IPC分类号： G06F3/00 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F13/10

CPC分类号： G06F3/0632 ,  G06F3/0601 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0674 ,  G06F9/4413 ,  G06F2003/0697

摘要： Improved techniques for rendering a peripheral device removable (e.g., unpluggable) are disclosed. According to one aspect of the invention, the peripheral device is rendered removable from a host computer without preparatory user actions. In effect, the peripheral device can be automatically prepared for removal in the event that its user removes (unplugs) it from its host computer. According to another aspect of the invention, the peripheral device includes a data storage device that is mounted to a file system of the other computer when the other computer desires access to the data storage device. Otherwise, the data storage device is normally unmounted so that if the peripheral device were to be removed (e.g., unplugged) no harm or damage to data stored therein would occur. These aspects of the invention can be utilized alone or in combination with one another. The invention is particularly well suited for peripheral devices that are media players which are “hot” unpluggable without detrimental consequences.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于呈现外围设备可移除（例如，不可插拔）的改进的技术。 根据本发明的一个方面，外围设备可以从主计算机上取出，而无需预备用户动作。 实际上，外围设备可以在其用户从其主机中删除（拔出）的情况​​下自动准备移除。 根据本发明的另一方面，当另一计算机希望访问数据存储设备时，外围设备包括一个数据存储设备，该数据存储设备被安装到另一台计算机的文件系统。 否则，数据存储设备通常被卸载，使得如果外围设备被去除（例如，拔掉），则不会对其中存储的数据造成危害或损坏。 本发明的这些方面可以单独使用或者彼此组合使用。 本发明特别适用于作为媒体播放器的外围设备，这些设备是“热”可拔出的，而没有有害后果。

公开(公告)号：US20050015355A1

公开(公告)日：2005-01-20

申请号：US10622017

申请日：2003-07-16

申请人： David Heller ,  Jeffrey Robbin ,  Glenn Reid

发明人： David Heller ,  Jeffrey Robbin ,  Glenn Reid

IPC分类号： G06F9/46 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06F7/00

CPC分类号： G06F9/544 ,  G06F16/44

摘要： Techniques for sharing data with other application programs are disclosed. The techniques allow data sharing between different application programs on a computer system. For instance, a second application program can access data provided by a first application program without needing the first application program to be operating or executing on the computer system. In one embodiment, an application operates to publish its data for external use by other application programs. The data is, for example, database data maintained by the application program. The data can be published for external use by producing a data communication file that contains at least a portion of the data. In one implementation, the data communication file contains the data being published for external use in a markup language representation. The techniques are particularly well suited for application programs that utilize databases to store media information pertaining to media items. The media information can include properties of the media items as well as links to storage locations for corresponding media content files that store the media content. The media content is, for example, one or more of audio, images or video.

摘要翻译： 公开了与其他应用程序共享数据的技术。 这些技术允许在计算机系统上的不同应用程序之间进行数据共享。 例如，第二应用程序可以访问由第一应用程序提供的数据，而不需要在计算机系统上运行或执行的第一应用程序。 在一个实施例中，应用程序操作以发布其数据以供其他应用程序外部使用。 数据例如是由应用程序维护的数据库数据。 可以通过产生包含数据的至少一部分的数据通信文件来发布数据以供外部使用。 在一个实现中，数据通信文件包含以标记语言表示形式发布用于外部使用的数据。 这些技术特别适用于利用数据库来存储与媒体项目有关的媒体信息的应用程序。 媒体信息可以包括媒体项目的属性以及到存储媒体内容的相应媒体内容文件的存储位置的链接。 媒体内容例如是音频，图像或视频中的一个或多个。

公开(公告)号：US08245924B2

公开(公告)日：2012-08-21

申请号：US13207361

申请日：2011-08-10

申请人： Anne Jones ,  Thomas Dowdy ,  Jeffrey Robbin ,  Mike Wiese ,  Stephen Davis

发明人： Anne Jones ,  Thomas Dowdy ,  Jeffrey Robbin ,  Mike Wiese ,  Stephen Davis

IPC分类号： G06K5/00

CPC分类号： H04L67/104 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06F17/30899 ,  H04L51/046 ,  H04L65/4084 ,  H04L65/60 ,  H04L67/06 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04L67/26

摘要： Improved podcasts and techniques that facilitate their use are disclosed. The improved techniques can pertain to creating, publishing, hosting, accessing, subscribing, managing, transferring, and/or playing podcasts. According to one aspect, a client application can subscribe to podcasts and then automatically monitor the podcasts for updates to be downloaded. In the event that user interest in a podcast becomes inadequate, downloading of further updates can be restricted. According to another aspect, a podcast can be subscribed to through use of a portable subscription file. According to still another aspect, podcast feeds can be enhanced to include segment elements and other metadata.

摘要翻译： 披露了改进的播客和便于使用的技术。 改进的技术可以涉及创建，发布，托管，访问，订阅，管理，传输和/或播放播客。 根据一个方面，客户应用程序可以订阅播客，然后自动监视播客以进行要下载的更新。 如果用户对播客的兴趣不足，可以限制进一步更新的下载。 根据另一方面，可以通过使用便携式订阅文件来订阅播客。 根据另一方面，可以增强播客馈送以包括段元素和其他元数据。

公开(公告)号：US08082319B2

公开(公告)日：2011-12-20

申请号：US11329355

申请日：2006-01-09

申请人： Aaron Disario ,  Joshua Fagans ,  Christopher N. Ryan ,  Jeffrey Robbin

发明人： Aaron Disario ,  Joshua Fagans ,  Christopher N. Ryan ,  Jeffrey Robbin

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06F17/3028 ,  G06F17/3089

摘要： Techniques are provided for publishing digital image feeds, where the feeds are automatically created and uploaded to a server along with the images described in the feed, along with techniques for subscribing to digital image feeds, where the feed is downloaded and the images described therein are automatically downloaded and organized. The feeds may be subscribed to and automatically updated.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于发布数字图像馈送的技术，其中馈送被自动创建并且与馈送中描述的图像一起上传到服务器以及订阅数字图像馈送的技术，其中馈送被下载，并且其中描述的图像是 自动下载和组织。 订阅可以订阅并自动更新。

公开(公告)号：US07686215B2

公开(公告)日：2010-03-30

申请号：US11166331

申请日：2005-06-25

申请人： Anne Jones ,  Thomas Dowdy ,  Jeffrey Robbin ,  Mike Wiese ,  Stephen Davis

发明人： Anne Jones ,  Thomas Dowdy ,  Jeffrey Robbin ,  Mike Wiese ,  Stephen Davis

IPC分类号： G06K5/00

CPC分类号： H04L67/104 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06F17/30899 ,  H04L51/046 ,  H04L65/4084 ,  H04L65/60 ,  H04L67/06 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04L67/26

摘要： Improved podcasts and techniques that facilitate their use are disclosed. The improved techniques can pertain to creating, publishing, hosting, accessing, subscribing, managing, transferring, and/or playing podcasts. According to one aspect, a client application can subscribe to podcasts and then automatically monitor the podcasts for updates to be downloaded. In the event that user interest in a podcast becomes inadequate, downloading of further updates can be restricted. According to another aspect, a podcast can be subscribed to through use of a portable subscription file. According to still another aspect, podcast feeds can be enhanced to include segment elements and other metadata.

摘要翻译： 披露了改进的播客和便于使用的技术。 改进的技术可以涉及创建，发布，托管，访问，订阅，管理，传输和/或播放播客。 根据一个方面，客户应用程序可以订阅播客，然后自动监视播客以进行要下载的更新。 如果用户对播客的兴趣不足，可以限制进一步更新的下载。 根据另一方面，可以通过使用便携式订阅文件来订阅播客。 根据另一方面，可以增强播客馈送以包括段元素和其他元数据。

公开(公告)号：US20080094352A1

公开(公告)日：2008-04-24

申请号：US11959918

申请日：2007-12-19

申请人： Robert Tsuk ,  Jeffrey Robbin

发明人： Robert Tsuk ,  Jeffrey Robbin

IPC分类号： G09G5/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0362 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  G06F1/1662 ,  G06F1/169 ,  G06F3/03543 ,  G06F3/038 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/167 ,  G09G5/34 ,  H04M1/233 ,  H04M1/72583

摘要： Improved approaches for users to with graphical user interfaces of computing devices are disclosed. A rotational user action supplied by a user via a user input device can provide accelerated scrolling. The accelerated nature of the scrolling enables users to scroll or traverse a lengthy data set (e.g., list of items) faster and with greater ease. The amount of acceleration provided can be performed in successive stages, and/or performed based on the speed of the rotational user action. In one embodiment, the rotational user action is transformed into linear action with respect to a graphical user interface. The resulting acceleration effect causes the linear action to be enhanced such that a lengthy data set is able to be rapidly traversed.

公开(公告)号：US20070239849A1

公开(公告)日：2007-10-11

申请号：US11757204

申请日：2007-06-01

申请人： Jeffrey Robbin ,  David Heller

发明人： Jeffrey Robbin ,  David Heller

IPC分类号： G06F13/00 ,  G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06F1/1613 ,  G06F1/1632 ,  G06F17/30017 ,  G11B27/10 ,  H04L67/1095 ,  H04L69/329 ,  H04N21/4108 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/4143 ,  H04N21/4586 ,  H04N21/4825 ,  H04N21/8113

摘要： Improved techniques for interaction between a host computer (e.g., personal computer) and a media player are disclosed. According to one aspect, interaction between a host computer and a media player, such as automatic synchronization of media contents stored on a media player with media contents stored on a host computer, can be restricted. According to another aspect, management of media items residing on a media player can be performed at and by a host computer for the media player. According to still another aspect, media content can be played by a media player in accordance with quality settings established for the media content at the host computer.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于主机（例如个人计算机）和媒体播放器之间的交互的改进的技术。 根据一个方面，可以限制主计算机和媒体播放器之间的交互，诸如存储在媒体播放器上的媒体内容的自动同步与存储在主计算机上的媒体内容。 根据另一方面，驻留在媒体播放器上的媒体项目的管理可以由媒体播放器的主计算机执行。 根据另一方面，媒体播放器可以根据为主计算机上的媒体内容建立的质量设置来播放媒体内容。

公开(公告)号：US20070124680A1

公开(公告)日：2007-05-31

申请号：US11608211

申请日：2006-12-07

申请人： Jeffrey Robbin ,  Steve Jobs ,  Timothy Wasko ,  Greg Christie ,  Imran Chaudhri

发明人： Jeffrey Robbin ,  Steve Jobs ,  Timothy Wasko ,  Greg Christie ,  Imran Chaudhri

IPC分类号： G06F3/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/165 ,  G06F17/30056 ,  G06F17/30755 ,  G10H1/0008 ,  G10H2240/061 ,  G10H2240/131

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.

摘要翻译： 在便携式多媒体设备中，描述了用于提供用户提供的配置数据的方法，设备和系统。 在一个实施例中，提供了分级排序的图形用户界面。 第一订单或家庭接口提供用户可选项目的最高阶，每个项目当被选择时导致自动转换到与所选项目相关联的较低阶用户界面。 在所描述的实施例之一中，低阶接口包括与来自较高阶用户界面的先前选择的项目相关联的其他用户可选项目。

公开(公告)号：US20070038941A1

公开(公告)日：2007-02-15

申请号：US11295694

申请日：2005-12-05

申请人： Christopher Wysocki ,  Timothy Wasko ,  Jeffrey Robbin ,  Steve Jobs ,  Greg Christie ,  Imran Chaudhri

发明人： Christopher Wysocki ,  Timothy Wasko ,  Jeffrey Robbin ,  Steve Jobs ,  Greg Christie ,  Imran Chaudhri

IPC分类号： G06F7/00

CPC分类号： H04M1/72583 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  H04M1/72558

摘要： Improved approaches for assisting a user interacting with a portable wireless communication device are disclosed. The improved approaches can provide a user interface for the portable wireless communication device that includes including a plurality of linked display screens and a plurality of physical keys.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于协助用户与便携式无线通信设备交互的改进方法。 改进的方法可以为便携式无线通信设备提供包括多个链接的显示屏幕和多个物理键的用户界面。