Patent ID: 8086962
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for reproducing multimedia files, the apparatus comprising: a memory for storing one or more multimedia files and selection information related to a skipping command; and a control unit for selecting and reproducing a multimedia file of the one or more stored multimedia files that is randomly selected according to the stored selection information, wherein the control unit comprises: wherein the random selection processing unit includes a weighting factor processing unit for calculating the selection weighting ratios of the stored one or more multimedia files using the stored selection information, wherein the stored selection information includes an integer number of times between 1 and 100 that the selected multimedia file is skipped while being played, wherein the weighting factor is inversely proportional to the selection information and is represented as a real number between 0 and 1, and wherein each skip of the selected multimedia file between the first and hundredth skip decreases the weighting factor by 0.01.