Patent ID: 7166791
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: G06F,G10H

Abstract:
1. A method of assisting user interaction with a multimedia asset player by way of a hierarchically ordered user interface, the multimedia asset player having a front surface that includes a display and a rotational input device, said method comprising: displaying a first order user interface having a first list of user selectable items; receiving at least one first rotational user input via the rotational input device; successively visually distinguishing one of the user selectable items in the first list as the first rotational user input is received; thereafter receiving a user selection of the one of the user selectable items in the first list being visually distinguished; and automatically transitioning to and displaying a second order user interface having a second list of user selectable items in response to the user selection, the second order user interface being based upon the user selection, wherein after the user selection is made with respect to the first order user interface, the first list of user selectable items is removed from being displayed and the second order user interface is displayed in its place, the second order user interface includes a second number of user selectable items each of which is associated with the user selection from the first list of user selectable items, wherein after the user selection is made with respect to the first order user interface, the user selection with respect to the first order user interface is noted so that if a user operates to transition backwards from the second order user interface back to the first order user interface, the previously selected one of the user selectable items in the first list of user selectable items is visually distinguished as the first list of user selectable items are subsequently displayed in the first order user interface, and wherein the multimedia asset player is portable and pocket-sized.