Patent ID: 9678625
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G06F,G11B,H04N

Claim:
1. An apparatus for displaying a menu screen on a contents playing apparatus, comprising: a storage unit configured to store data of function icons each representing a function operable on the contents playing apparatus, data of content icons each representing items of the contents, and data of folder icons each including at least one content icon; a display control unit configured to retrieve the data of function icons, content icons and folder icons from the storage unit, and to generate image data for the menu screen which includes a plurality of function icons, a plurality of content icons, and at least one folder icon; a display output unit configured to output the image data for the menu screen to the contents playing apparatus; and an operation unit configured to receive instructions from a user for selecting one of the function icons, the content icons, or the at least one folder icon displayed in the menu screen, wherein the display control unit superimposes one or more of the content icons of contents included in a corresponding folder over the folder icon and displays the folder icon and other content icon not included in the folder and/or other folder icon in a same first array, and when the folder icon is selected by the user via the operation unit, the display control unit