Video thumbnail display device and video thumbnail display method

A video thumbnail display method of displaying, on a screen, a list of thumbnails representing videos, each of the videos including a video template that is a template including predetermined video data and a display image that is a still image displayed in an image display region in the video template, the method comprising:

• receiving a selection of a first template that is a video template included in a video represented by a first thumbnail among the thumbnails displayed on the screen;
• determining whether or not a second thumbnail is displayed on the screen, the second thumbnail being a thumbnail representing a video including a second template which includes the same video data as that in the first template;
• obtaining a first display image and a second display image in the case where the second thumbnail is determined to be displayed, the first display image being a display image included in the video represented by the first thumbnail and the second display image being a display image included in the video represented by the second thumbnail;
• displaying the first template on the screen in a first display region in which the first thumbnail is displayed and displaying the second template in a second display region on the screen in which the second thumbnail is displayed;
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• displaying the first display image in a region associated with the first display region and displaying the second display image in a region associated with the second display region.

An integrated circuit which displays, on a screen, a list of thumbnails representing videos, each of the videos including a video template that is a template including predetermined video data and a display image that is a still image displayed in an image display region in the video template, the integrated circuit comprising:

• a receiving unit configured to receive a selection of a first template that is a video template included in a video represented by a first thumbnail among the thumbnails displayed on the screen;
• a template determining unit configured to determine whether or not a second thumbnail is displayed, the second thumbnail being a thumbnail representing a video including a second template which includes the same video data as that in the first template;
• an image obtaining unit configured to obtain a first display image and a second display image in the case where the second thumbnail is determined to be displayed, the first display image being a display image included in the video represented by the first thumbnail and the second display image being a display image included in the video represented by the second thumbnail;
• a plural-video displaying unit configured to display the first template in a first display region on the screen in which the first thumbnail is displayed and to display the second template in a second display region on the screen in which the second thumbnail is displayed;
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• an image displaying unit configured to display the first display image in a region associated with the first display region and to display the second display image in a region associated with the second display region.