System and method for generating a visual summary of previously viewed multimedia content

An electronic device comprising:

• a memory for storing multimedia content and a content review application, wherein the multimedia content is divided into predefined segments, each predefined segment having a respective duration that is dependent on its temporal location in the multimedia content;
• a user input device for receiving a command to render multimedia content stored on the electronic device, wherein the multimedia content includes at least one multimedia application that includes previously viewed multimedia content and unviewed multimedia content, one or more of the predefined segments of the multimedia content corresponding to the previously viewed multimedia content and one or more of the predefined segments corresponding to the un-viewed multimedia content;
• a processor coupled to the user input device and the memory, wherein the processor processes the previously viewed multimedia content according to the content review application to select one or more of the predefined segments corresponding to the previously viewed multimedia content to form a visual summary that includes one or more thumbnails, each thumbnail corresponding to a respective one of the selected one or more predefined segments;
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• a display coupled to the processor, wherein the display presents the visual summary prior to displaying at least a portion of the un-viewed multimedia content.