Patent ID: 6700839
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A method of fast seeking from a current selection to a desired selection within an ordered playlist of selections for reproduction by a media player, each selection in said ordered playlist having a corresponding selection number between a first selection number and a last selection number, said method comprising the steps of:displaying selection identifying data of said current selection on a display; performing a control action indicating either a seek-up or a seek-down command; performing a control action to establish a fast seek interval; displaying selection identifying data for interim selections on said display according to a predetermined sequence of said selection numbers wherein said interim selection is indexed to successive selections in said sequence in an increasing order in response to said seek-up command and is indexed to successive selections in said sequence in a decreasing order in response to said seek-down command, and wherein said sequence indexes said interim selection number in single steps until said interim selection number has a predetermined modulo value and then indexes said interim selection number by a jump step, each selection identifying data for each interim selection in said sequence being displayed for a predetermined display time; performing a control action to terminate said fast seek interval, wherein an interim selection having selection identifying data being displayed at the termination of said fast seek interval is a chosen selection; and reproducing said chosen selection.