Patent ID: 8861185

Claim:
A media player comprising: (A) a housing comprising a back surface comprising a substantially flat portion, a lateral groove formed as a recess in the flat portion of the back surface, the lateral groove extending from a first side of the housing to a second side of the housing across the back side of the housing, the lateral groove providing a contoured finger zone; (B) a user input device located on the housing, the user input device comprising a control button, the control button comprising: (a) a first recess defining a first selectable zone; (b) a second recess defining a second selectable zone; (c) a third recess defining a third selectable zone; (d) wherein the first recess, second recess and third recess are all components of a single button; (e) wherein the third recess is located between the first recess and the second recess; (e) wherein the third recess extends perpendicularly from a line between the first recess and the second recess; and (f) wherein the third recess provides a scrolling selectable zone (C) wherein the user input device is disposed on the housing so that when a user's finger engages the lateral groove, the user's thumb is located adjacent at least one of the first selectable zone, second selectable zone or third selectable zone.