Patent ID: 9075509
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G06F,G06K,G11B

Abstract:
1. A method for providing an information panel, the method comprising: displaying a plurality of multimedia items in a list on a graphical user interface of a controller, the controller used to control an audio device; displaying a movable indicator positioned with respect to a particular multimedia item of the plurality of multimedia items in response to receipt of input from the graphical user interface; determining that the movable indicator has remained positioned with respect to the particular multimedia item for a first predefined time; retrieving automatically, from a remote device and based on the moveable indicator position with respect to the particular multimedia item and upon passage of the first predefined time, additional information corresponding to the particular multimedia item, the additional information to form an information panel for the particular multimedia item, the additional information not shown in the list and instead displayed in the information panel; and displaying the information panel associated with the particular multimedia item via the controller, the information panel positioned over a portion of the graphical user interface, the information panel to display the additional information regarding the particular multimedia item, the additional information not otherwise viewable in the list of multimedia items, wherein the first predefined time is to avoid an inadvertent display of the information panel when the movable indicator is moving through the list; determining whether the information panel is obstructing another item displayed via the graphical user interface; when the information panel is determined to be obstructing another item displayed via the graphical user interface, triggering the information panel to automatically disappear after a second predefined time; and when the information panel is determined not to be obstructing another item displayed via the graphical user interface, displaying the information panel until a second multimedia item is selected.