Digital media asset browsing with audio cues
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsWilliam M. Bachman, Timothy Wasko, Christopher Sanders
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Abstract
Methods, systems and apparatus for image-based browsing through a plurality of digital media assets assisted by media cues are disclosed. The media cues can be provided by playback of short audio segments, referred to as snippets, of the digital media assets being browsed. The digital media assets can be grouped into collections of digital media assets. In one embodiment, as a user browses through digital media assets using visual representations of the collections of digital media assets, media cues can be provided.
Claims21
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- at an electronic device with one or more processors, memory, and a display:
- displaying one or more images on the display, wherein a particular image of the one or more images is associated with a plurality of active regions associated with a plurality of different media assets, wherein the plurality of active regions are not visibly distinguishable;
- detecting a first user input corresponding to a first active region of the plurality of active regions, wherein the first active region corresponds to a first region of the particular image;
- upon detection of the first user input, initiating playback of a media snippet of a first media asset of the plurality of media assets;
- detecting a second user input corresponding to a second active region of the plurality of active regions, where the second active region is distinct from the first active region, wherein the second active region corresponds to a second region of the particular image that is different from the first region of the particular image;
- and
- upon detection of the second user input, initiating playback of a media snippet of a second media asset of the plurality of media assets.
An electronic device, comprising:
- a display;
- one or more processors;
- memory;
- and
- one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
- displaying one or more images on the display, wherein a particular image of the one or more images is associated with a plurality of active regions associated with a plurality of different media assets, wherein the plurality of active regions are not visibly distinguishable;
- detecting a first user input corresponding to a first active region of the plurality of active regions, wherein the first active region corresponds to a first region of the particular image;
- upon detection of the first user input, initiating playback of a media snippet of a first media asset of the plurality of media assets;
- detecting a second user input corresponding to a second active region of the plurality of active regions, where the second active region is distinct from the first active region, wherein the second active region corresponds to a second region of the particular image that is different from the first region of the particular image;
- and
- upon detection of the second user input, initiating playback of a media snippet of a second media asset of the plurality of media assets.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with a display, cause the device to:
- display one or more images on the display, wherein a particular image of the one or more images is associated with a plurality of active regions associated with a plurality of different media assets, wherein the plurality of active regions is not visibly distinguishable;
- detect a first user input at corresponding to a first active region of the plurality of active regions, wherein the first active region corresponds to a first region of the particular image;
- upon detection of the first user input, initiate playback of a media snippet of a first media asset of the plurality of media assets;
- detect a second user input at corresponding to a second active region of the plurality of active regions, where the second active region is distinct from the first active region, wherein the second active region corresponds to a second region of the particular image that is different from the first region of the particular image;
- and
- upon detection of the second user input, initiate playback of a media snippet of a second media asset of the plurality of media assets.
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