Patent ID: 8595624
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. Apparatus, the apparatus having at least one processor and at least one memory having computer-readable code stored thereon which when executed controls the at least one processor: independently to control the output volume levels of a plurality of software applications associated with an apparatus; to cause a master volume level indicator, comprising a slider with a slider marker, to be displayed; to respond to a user command to change a master volume level by changing the volume levels of each of the software applications in the same sense; and when one of the plurality of software applications is at a maximum volume level, to respond to a user command to increase the master volume level by increasing the volume levels of each of the other software applications which are not at the maximum level, wherein the master volume indicator has an additional region beyond a maximum volume position and wherein increasing the master volume level when one of the plurality of software applications is at a maximum volume level comprises causing the master volume slider marker to be moved into the additional region.