Patent ID: 9201577
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. A user interface for controlling an audio playback device, the user interface comprising: an input region operable to select from a plurality of entities for providing audio content to the audio playback device; and a display for displaying information associated with the entities, wherein the user interface is configured to allow a user to preview the information associated with the entities via the display prior to selection of one of the entities for providing audio content for playback on the audio playback device, wherein the user interface is operable in a presets mode and a recents mode, wherein, when the user interface is in the presets mode, the input region operates as an absolute location of a plurality of preset indicators, which correspond to a set of preset indicators on the audio playback device, each indicator in the set of preset indicators is configured to have assigned to it one of the entities, and a user can preview information associated with an assigned one of the entities via the display by touching a corresponding one of the preset indicators, and wherein, when the user interface is in the recents mode, a swiping motion along the input region allows a user to preview a recents list, wherein the recents list is a list of entities that is populated from content that the user has chosen to play on the audio playback device.