APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUDIO-VISUAL SEARCH AND BROWSE INTERFACE, MACHINE-READABLE MEDIUM Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC G06F3/16 

FIELD: information technology.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to facilitating search and browsing of audio and video content (AVSBI). In an embodiment, a user interface module displays one or more media collections, where each of the one or more media collections includes multiple clips of media. The user interface module determines a central media collection from the one or more media collections which corresponds to a slider on a user interface display. The user interface module determines a left media collection and a right media collection based on the central media collection. The multiple clips of media in the central media collection are played via a centre speaker, the multiple clips of media in the left media collection are played via a left speaker, and the multiple clips of media in the right media collection are played via a right speaker, all in a simultaneous, overlapping and cyclical manner. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

EFFECT: broader functional capabilities of searching for audio and video content.

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