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

摘要

A method (100) and electronic device (10) for resuming multimedia content playback for display on the electronic device. The method includes: receiving a command to render multimedia content from a user input device (20), wherein the multimedia content includes previously viewed multimedia content and un-viewed multimedia content; selecting one or more segments of the previously viewed multimedia content; displaying a thumbnail that corresponds to the selected one or more segments on a display (18) of the electronic device to provide a visual summary of the previously viewed content; and displaying at least a portion of the un-viewed multimedia content after at least a portion of the visual summary is displayed on the display.

主权项

1. A method for resuming multimedia content playback for display on an electronic device, the method comprising:
receiving a command to render multimedia content from a user input device, wherein the multimedia content includes previously viewed multimedia content and un-viewed multimedia content, and wherein the multimedia content is divided into predefined segments, one or more of the predefined segments corresponding to the previously viewed multimedia content and one or more of the predefined segments corresponding to the un-viewed multimedia content, each predefined segment having a respective duration that is dependent on its temporal location in the multimedia content; selecting one or more of the predefined segments corresponding to the previously viewed multimedia content; displaying one or more thumbnails on a display of the electronic device to provide a visual summary of the previously viewed content, each thumbnail corresponding to a respective one of the selected one or more predefined segments; and displaying at least a portion of the un-viewed multimedia content after at least a portion of the visual summary is displayed on the display.