Patent ID: 8736561

Claim:
A method, comprising: at a multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display: playing a first piece of video content in a full-size mode on the display at a predefined aspect ratio, wherein the first piece of video content is a continuous sequence of moving images; while playing the first piece of video content on the display in the full-size mode, detecting a first gesture on the display; and in response to detecting the first gesture: shrinking the playing of the first piece of video content to a first region of the display while keeping the predefined aspect ratio; continuing to play the first piece of video content in the first region at the predefined aspect ratio; and displaying information about the first piece of video content in a second region of the display, and while in a portrait orientation, in response to detecting a rotation of the display from the portrait orientation to a landscape orientation, playing or continuing to play the first piece of video content in a full size mode in the landscape orientation.