Apple inc. (20240319860). DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MOVING A CURRENT POSITION IN CONTENT AT A VARIABLE SCRUBBING RATE simplified abstract

DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MOVING A CURRENT POSITION IN CONTENT AT A VARIABLE SCRUBBING RATE

Organization Name

apple inc.

Inventor(s)

Imran Chaudhri of San Francisco CA (US)

Elizabeth Caroline Furches Cranfill of San Francisco CA (US)

Michael J. Matas of Healdsburg CA (US)

Lucas C. Newman of San Francisco CA (US)

Marcel Van Os of San Francisco CA (US)

DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MOVING A CURRENT POSITION IN CONTENT AT A VARIABLE SCRUBBING RATE - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240319860 titled 'DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MOVING A CURRENT POSITION IN CONTENT AT A VARIABLE SCRUBBING RATE

The abstract describes a method performed by an electronic device with a display and touch-sensitive surface. The method involves displaying a progress icon indicating the current position within a piece of content, displaying a multi-purpose content navigation icon, detecting a first contact at a location corresponding to the navigation icon, moving the current position within the content at a predefined scrubbing rate, and adjusting the scrubbing rate based on the movement of the contact.

• Display progress icon showing current position in content
• Show multi-purpose content navigation icon
• Detect first contact at location of navigation icon
• Move current position within content at predefined scrubbing rate
• Adjust scrubbing rate based on movement of contact

Potential Applications: - Media players - E-book readers - Educational apps

Problems Solved: - Efficient content navigation - Enhanced user experience

Benefits: - Improved user interaction - Faster content browsing

Commercial Applications: Title: Enhanced Content Navigation Technology for Media Devices This technology can be used in various media devices to provide users with a more intuitive and efficient way to navigate through content, enhancing the overall user experience. This innovation has the potential to attract more customers and increase user engagement, leading to higher sales and market share for companies that implement it.

Questions about the technology: 1. How does this technology improve user interaction with content? - This technology allows users to navigate through content more efficiently and intuitively, enhancing their overall experience. 2. What are the potential applications of this technology in the market? - This technology can be applied in media players, e-book readers, and educational apps to improve content navigation for users.

Original Abstract Submitted

a method is performed by an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface. the method includes displaying a progress icon that indicates a current position within u first piece of content, displaying a multi-purpose content navigation icon; while providing the first piece of content: detecting a first contact at a first location that corresponds to the multi-purpose content navigation icon; while continuing to detect the contact at the first location, moving the current position within the first piece of content at a predefined scrubbing rate; and, in response to detecting movement of the contact that includes a first component of movement in a direction that corresponds to movement on the display parallel to the first predefined direction, moving the current position within the first piece of content at a variable scrubbing rate that varies monotonically as the first component of movement increases.