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US 8,799,782 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for managing media content
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorDae Suk Park
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Abstract
A method for managing media content includes storing a program received from a tuner in a storage device, outputting a plurality of first thumbnail images from the program to a display screen, extracting one or more second thumbnail images in a section of the program between a selected first thumbnail image and another first thumbnail image, and outputting the second thumbnail images to the display screen.
Claims25
A method for reproducing thumbnail images of video content in a display device, comprising:
- storing video content in a storage unit of the display device;
- displaying a plurality of first thumbnail images in an order on a display screen of the display device, the thumbnail images being based on the video content;
- receiving a user input for selecting a first thumbnail image from the plurality of first thumbnail images;
- in response to the user input for selecting the first thumbnail image from the plurality of first thumbnail images, generating a plurality of second thumbnail images based on a section of the video content between the selected first thumbnail image and another one of the first thumbnail images, wherein the another one of the first thumbnail images is a first thumbnail image adjacent to the selected first thumbnail image in the order of the plurality of first thumbnail images;
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- displaying the plurality of second thumbnail images on the display screen,
- wherein at least one thumbnail image of the plurality of second thumbnail images generated from the section of the video content is different from each of the plurality of first thumbnail images,
- wherein the first thumbnail image and the plurality of second thumbnail images are simultaneously displayed on the display screen of the display device.
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A display device for reproducing thumbnail images of video content, comprising:
- a storage unit configured to store video content;
- a display screen configured to display the thumbnail images of the video content;
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- a controlling unit configured to generate a plurality of first thumbnail images from the video content, to control display of the first thumbnail images in a specific order on the display screen, to receive a user input for selecting a first thumbnail image from the plurality of first thumbnail images, and in response to the user input for selecting the first thumbnail image from the plurality of first thumbnail images, to generate a plurality of second thumbnail images based on a section of the video content between the selected first thumbnail image and another one of the first thumbnail images, wherein the first thumbnail images are sequentially generated from the video content in the specific order, and said another one of the first thumbnail images is a first thumbnail image adjacent to, in the specific order, the selected first thumbnail image, wherein at least one thumbnail image of the plurality of second thumbnail images generated from the section of the video content is different from each of the first thumbnail images generated from the video content, wherein the first thumbnail image and the plurality of second thumbnail images are simultaneously displayed on the display screen of the display screen.
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A method for reproducing thumbnail images of video content in a display device, comprising:
- storing video content in a storage device;
- displaying a plurality of first thumbnail images on a display screen in a specific order, the thumbnail images being based on the video content;
- receiving a user input for selecting a first thumbnail image from the plurality of first thumbnail images;
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- in response to the user input for selecting the first thumbnail image, displaying a plurality of second thumbnail images on the display screen, wherein displaying of the plurality of second thumbnail images are generated based on a section of the video content between the selected first thumbnail image and at least one unselected first thumbnail image, wherein the at least one unselected first thumbnail image is a first thumbnail image adjacent to the selected first thumbnail image in the specific order of the plurality of first thumbnail images, and at least one second thumbnail image generated based on the section of the video content is different from each separate one of the plurality of first thumbnail images generated from the video content, wherein the first thumbnail image and the plurality of second thumbnail images are simultaneously displayed on the display screen of the display device.
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A method for reproducing thumbnail images of video content in a display device, comprising:
- storing video content in a storage device;
- displaying a plurality of main thumbnail images on a display screen, the thumbnail images being based on the video content, the plurality of main thumbnail images being displayed in a sequential order;
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- in response to selecting one of the main thumbnail images, displaying a plurality of sub-thumbnail images on the display screen, wherein displaying of the plurality of sub-thumbnail images correspond to a section of the video content between the selected main thumbnail image and a main thumbnail image adjacent to the selected main thumbnail image in the sequential order of the plurality of main thumbnail images;
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- wherein the main thumbnail image and the plurality of sub-thumbnail images are simultaneously displayed on the display screen of the display device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.