Patent ID: 7356244
Filing Date: 2008-04-08
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method of placing a bookmark using thumbnail images, the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving and storing a video stream of a broadcast content requested by a user; (b) extracting a plurality of thumbnail images from the video stream, and indexing and storing the extracted thumbnail images; (c) replaying the video stream of the broadcast content in response to a request for a replay of the broadcast content selected by the user; (d) placing a bookmark on a first thumbnail image in response to the user's request for a placing of the bookmark on the current video stream, the thumbnail image being a most recent one before receiving the request for the placing of the bookmark, regardless of the user's intention to replay the video stream from an image frame in the video stream that is subsequent in time to an image frame based on which the first thumbnail is generated, and (e) moving the bookmark onto a corresponding thumbnail image in response to the user's request to change the bookmark.