Patent ID: 6820238
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A method of navigating from a current selection to a desired selection within an ordered playlist of selections for reproduction by a multimedia player, each selection in said ordered playlist having a corresponding selection number, said multimedia player having a rotary position encoder for controlling audio volume and a plurality of push button controls, said method comprising the steps of:maintaining said rotary position encoder in a volume adjust mode; displaying a respective selection number of said current selection on a display; activating one of said push button controls and switching to a track access mode of said rotary position encoder in response thereto; detecting rotation of said rotary position encoder in either a clockwise direction or a counterclockwise direction; displaying respective selection numbers for interim selections on said display according to said detected rotation, wherein said interim selection is recurrently advanced in response to successive rotation in said clockwise direction over a predetermined resolution angle and is recurrently rolled back in response to said rotation in said counterclockwise direction of said predetermined resolution angle; detecting an absence of rotation of said rotary position encoder lasting for a first predetermined time, wherein an interim selection having its selection number being displayed after said first predetermined time comprises a chosen selection; and reproducing said chosen selection.