Patent ID: 9172897
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a display element capable of visually displaying a visual portion of an audio/visual program and a racetrack menu having a ring shape; a processing device; and a storage accessible to the processing device and storing a sequence of instructions that when executed by the processing device, causes the processing device to: in response to the indication of the first manually-operable control being operated to select the menu item that is in the vicinity of the first marker, cause the menu item to be selected, wherein causing the menu item to be selected comprises taking an action to cause the audio/visual program to be selected for playing, wherein the first manually-operable control is a touch sensor having a touch-sensitive surface that is manually operable with a digit of a hand, and wherein execution of the sequence of instructions by the processing device further causes the processing device to: cause the racetrack menu to be visually displayed in response to an indication of the digit touching the touch-sensitive surface followed by an indication of the digit remaining in contact with the touch-sensitive surface for at least a predetermined period of time at a time when the racetrack menu is not being visually displayed; and