Patent ID: 7219308

Claim:
A method of processing media content comprising: rendering a media file by a media player program executed on a computer, said computer having a display for presenting a user interface (UI) associated with the media player program; defining a window in which the media player program UI is presented on the display, said window having a rectangular frame visibly defined by frame borders controlled by an operating system of the computer, said rectangular frame including one or more menu controls for interacting with the media player program within the visible frame borders; setting a visible region of the window, said visible region defining an outer edge within the rectangular frame of the defined window, said visible region excluding at least a portion of the window outside the outer edge from being viewable on the display, said excluded portion of the window within the rectangular frame including the frame borders and the one or more menu controls; automatically detecting user input via an input device, said detected user input being positioned adjacent to the outer edge of the visible region of the window; and selectively making the excluded portion of the window within the rectangular frame including the one or more menu controls and the frame borders visible in response to the detected user input whereby the entire defined window within the rectangular frame and the frame borders are viewable on the display.