Patent ID: 8699845
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of reproducing audio-video (AV) data, the method comprising: identifying, within metadata, search keyword information that matches an input keyword; identifying AV data, among a plurality of AV data items, corresponding to the identified search keyword information; reproducing the identified AV data; and fading out the reproduced AV data for a first predetermined duration before ending reproduction of the identified AV data, wherein: the fading out of the identified AV data comprises visual and audio fading out, the visual fading out of the reproduced AV data comprises fading out a video output from a video plane by increasing the opacity of a graphics plane covering the video plane during the first predetermined duration, and the audio fading out of the reproduced AV data comprises fading out volume from an audio output by controlling the audio output to decrease a volume level for a second predetermined duration before the reproduction of the identified AV data ends.