Patent ID: 7801419
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. A multimedia player capable of playing back digital contents, comprising: a control which acquire an instruction related to playback of a content via a user's instruction; a reader which reads the content from an external storage medium installed in the multimedia player to serve as an area for storing data for the content; a storage which stores data for a plurality of medium icons representing respective types of external storage mediums that can be installed in the multimedia player; a display processor which displays an on-screen menu related to playback of the content and processes playback of the content thus read; and a menu controller which generates image data for the on-screen menu which includes the plurality of medium icons, wherein the reader reads, from the external storage medium installed in the multimedia player, a menu item image visually representing a summary of the content stored in the external storage medium and including an image generated according to a rule where the size does not overlaps the array of icons included in the on-screen menu or the size matches the size of the entirety on-screen menu, and the menu controller visually highlights the medium icon which the user selected as a focus of attention, and displays the menu item image read from the external storage medium corresponding to the highlighted medium icon, in the on-screen menu.