System and method of providing for the control of a music player to a device driver

A system for providing a customized graphical interface, the system comprising:

• a music player for displaying one or more graphical interfaces that comprise information about music items, wherein the music player provides an application programming interface that enables device drivers to modify the music player's graphical user interface;
• a music renderer;
• and
• a device driver for sending music items to the music renderer, wherein the device driver displays a graphical interface including at least one control object for managing the music items, and wherein the control object is provided by the device driver via the application programming interface.

A method of providing a customized graphical interface, the method comprising:

• executing a music player that displays a graphical interface comprising information about a plurality of music items, wherein the graphical interface comprises one or more control objects that are operative to be used by a user to control the operation of a music renderer that is configured to play the music items;
• naming using the music player a control object;
• and
• receiving a request from a device driver for the music renderer to change a name for the control object.

A program storage device storing instructions that when executed performs the steps comprising:

• executing a music player that displays a graphical user interface comprising information about music items;
• providing with the music player a device driver interface that enables device drivers to modify the graphical user interfaces of the music player;
• and
• displaying a graphical interface including at least one control object for managing the music items, wherein the control object is provided via the device driver interface by a device driver.

A method of providing a customized graphical interface, the method comprising:

• executing a music player that is executing in a computer and that displays a graphical interface comprising information about music items;
• displaying, in response to a user request for transferring a music item from the computer to a portable music player device, a graphical interface for managing the content of the portable music player device;
• and
• assigning an object in the graphical interface with a device driver of the portable music player device.

A method of providing a customized graphical interface, the method comprising:

• executing an application for playing music, the application displaying a graphical interface comprising information about music items;
• providing a device driver interface that enabless device drivers to modify the graphical user interfaces of the music player;
• and
• receiving, in the application, a request from a device driver to modify one of graphical user interfaces;
• and
• displaying the modified graphical user interface.