Patent ID: 9509936
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for browsing content, the apparatus comprising: a metadata storage unit storing information on content, wherein the information has at least three classification bases; a browsing-guide-generation unit to generate a plurality of browsing guides in respective planes defined by a first classification basis corresponding to a first axis, a second classification basis corresponding to a second axis, and a third classification basis corresponding to a third axis, wherein the plurality of browsing guides are arranged and output along the third axis with a first browsing guide being visible in front of at least one other browsing guide, which itself is partially visible behind the first browsing guide, and wherein each of the first browsing guide and the at least one other browsing guide are selected from among the plurality of browsing guides; a user-selection unit to receive a user selection of one of the first classification basis, the second classification basis, and the third classification basis; an output unit to output the plurality of browsing guides generated by the browsing-guide-generation unit, wherein when the user selection is received from the user-selection unit, the output unit changes each of the first classification basis, the second classification basis, and the third classification basis to correspond to an axis that is different than a current axis, from among the first, second, and third axes.