Patent ID: 9009141
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A display apparatus comprising: a content output unit which outputs contents having position information on a map corresponding to geographical information; a display unit which displays an image that indicates geographical space information; a user interface (UI) generating unit which generates at least one first UI corresponding to a partitioned area of the image; a user input unit; and a control unit, wherein the control unit, using a processor, partitions a portion of the image into the partitioned area and classifies the contents into a group that corresponds to the partitioned area in response to a request to search for contents, being input through the user input unit, wherein the control unit, using a processor, controls the UI generating unit to generate the at least one first UI indicating the content of the group, wherein the control unit, using a processor, controls the display unit to display the generated at least one first UI on the displayed image at a position of the image corresponding to the position information of the content of the group, wherein the control unit classifies the contents into the group which is of a predetermined number of groups wherein each of the predetermined number of groups corresponds to one of a plurality of partitioned areas of the image, and wherein, in response to the group being selected through the user input unit, the control unit controls the display unit to zoom in on the displayed image to display a particular image which corresponds to the selected group, and classifies contents belonging to the selected group into one or more sub groups using at least one of time information and position information of the contents.