Patent ID: 8989373
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A control method of a multimedia replaying apparatus comprising: replaying multimedia content; determining whether a command to display a menu is input while the multimedia content is replayed; determining a multimedia content replay state indicating whether the multimedia contents is being replayed at an external apparatus if the command to display the menu is input; displaying the menu comprising the multimedia content replay state on a display of the multimedia replaying apparatus, the multimedia content replay state being selectable between a state of using the external apparatus and a state of not replaying through the external apparatus and displayed on a portion of an area where the multimedia content is displayed without stopping replaying of the multimedia content; and when a menu command to use the external apparatus is input, replaying the multimedia content using the external apparatus without interrupting the replaying of the multimedia content, wherein the multimedia replaying apparatus is able to function in a basic mode in which the whole of the multimedia content is replayed at the multimedia replaying apparatus, and a communication mode in which a part or the whole of the multimedia content is replayed at the external apparatus, and wherein the external apparatus replays at least a portion of the multimedia content following what has been replayed of the multimedia content without stopping the multimedia content being replayed at the multimedia replaying apparatus when the basic mode is converted to the communication mode.