Patent ID: 7853895
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A contents display control system for controlling the display of media contents derived from a medium selected from plural media types, comprising: a media type determination unit configured to determine the media type from which currently displayed media contents are derived; a contents display parameter adjustment unit operating to generate at least one adjustment value for at least one display parameter of the currently displayed media contents as a function of the determined media type; and a contents display processor configured to display, as background, the currently displayed media contents and to operatively control the at least one display parameter of the currently displayed media contents in said background when a graphical user interface is invoked to be displayed concurrently in the foreground of the display such that a display characteristic of the currently displayed media contents in said background is changed when said graphical user interface is invoked, wherein the currently displayed media content is selected from a plurality of media content using the graphical user interface, wherein the selection comprises: scrolling icons, each icon representing a different source of multimedia content, in a horizontal direction; selecting the type of multimedia content; scrolling contents files in a vertical direction; and selecting the contents file, wherein the display characteristic of the currently displayed media contents in said background is changed as a function of at least one adjustment value generated to contrast the currently displayed media contents in said background from a currently displayed icon on the graphical user interface, wherein, when the graphical user interface is invoked, the currently displayed media contents are resized to match a portion of the screen not obscured by the graphical user interface, and wherein the display characteristic of the currently displayed media contents in said background that was changed as a function of the at least one adjustment value generated to contrast the currently displayed media contents is changed back when said graphical user interface is exited.