US 7,458,025 B2
User interface for presenting media information
Daniel N. Crow, San Francisco, Calif. (US); Cary Dean, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US); Elizabeth Dykstra-Erickson, San Francisco, Calif. (US); J. Peter Hoddie, Mountain View, Calif. (US); Steven P. Jobs, Palo Alto, Calif. (US); and Timothy E. Wasko, High River (Canada)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, Calif. (US)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/521,740.
Application 11/521740 is a continuation of application No. 10/374445, filed on Feb. 24, 2003, granted, now 7,111,240.
Application 10/374445 is a continuation of application No. 10/308315, filed on Dec. 02, 2002, granted, now 7,315,984.
Application 10/308315 is a continuation of application No. 09/293507, filed on Apr. 15, 1999, granted, now 6,538,665.
Prior Publication US 2007/0013609 A1, Jan. 18, 2007
Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 715—723  [715/786; 715/830; 715/973] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for providing a user interface, said user interface providing functionality for processing time-based media, said method comprising:
detecting input to change a portion of a graphical user interface being displayed, wherein said portion indicates information relating to said time-based media;
determining an input speed of said input to change said portion wherein said input comprises a physical motion from which said input speed is determined;
determining a rate at which to change said portion, said rate being dependent on said input speed; and
changing said portion at said rate by scrolling on a line or part thereof by line or part thereof basis wherein a line of information or a part thereof is moved off said portion and for each said line or said part thereof that is moved off said portion, a new line of information or a new part thereof is displayed.