Apparatus and method for managing media content

摘要

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.

主权项

1. 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; and 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.