Patent Publication Number: US-9848234-B2

Title: Method, control point, and media renderer for displaying picture

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2013/086486, filed on Nov. 4, 2013, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201210433456.8, filed on Nov. 2, 2012, both of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties. 
    
    
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method, control point, and media renderer for displaying a picture. 
     BACKGROUND 
     With development of digital homes and digitization of consumer electronics, various digital devices at home may constitute a home network. Content on a device in the home network may be shared with other devices in the home network by using the home network. 
     For example, an MR (Media Renderer, media renderer), an MS (Media Server, media server), and a CP (Control Point, control device) are devices constituting the home network. The CP is a control device in the home network, and the CP stores a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier, uniform resource identifier) of a picture stored in the MS. A user may select a picture from the CP, and the CP sends a URI of the picture selected by the user to the MR. The MR acquires the picture from the MS according to the URI of the picture and displays the picture. Thereby, sharing of the picture in the MS with the MR is implemented. 
     Each time the user selects a picture, the MR needs to perform a process of acquiring the picture according to the picture selected by the user. Consequently, it is necessary to wait for a period of time before a picture can be displayed on the MR every time. 
     SUMMARY 
     An embodiment method includes: 
     acquiring a uniform resource identifier URI of a first picture selected by a user; 
     acquiring, according to the URI of the first picture, a URI of a picture to be buffered, where the picture to be buffered is a preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the first picture or another picture in a folder in which the first picture is located except the first picture; and 
     sending the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered to a media renderer, so that the media renderer acquires the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displays the first picture, and acquires, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     An embodiment method includes: 
     receiving a URI of a first picture and a URI of a picture to be buffered, which are sent by a control point, where the picture to be buffered is a preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the first picture or another picture in a folder in which the first picture is located except the first picture; and 
     acquiring the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displaying the first picture, and acquiring, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffering the picture to be buffered. 
     An embodiment a control point includes: 
     a first acquiring module, configured to acquire a uniform resource identifier URI of a first picture selected by a user; 
     a second acquiring module, configured to acquire, according to the URI of the first picture, a URI of a picture to be buffered, where the picture to be buffered is a preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the first picture or another picture in a folder in which the first picture is located except the first picture; and 
     a first sending module, configured to send the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered to a media renderer, so that the media renderer acquires the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displays the first picture, and acquires, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     An embodiment a media renderer includes: 
     a first receiving module, configured to receive a URI of a first picture and a URI of a picture to be buffered, which are sent by a control point, where the picture to be buffered is a preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the first picture or another picture in a folder in which the first picture is located except the first picture; and 
     a displaying module, configured to acquire the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and display the first picture, and acquire, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffer the picture to be buffered. 
     A URI of a picture to be buffered is determined according to a first picture selected by a user, and URI of the first picture used for displaying and the picture to be buffered are sent to a media renderer, so that when acquiring and displaying the first picture, the media renderer acquires and buffers the picture to be buffered. When the user switches the selected picture, displaying may be performed instantly according to the buffered picture, which improves efficiency of displaying pictures. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
       To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention more clearly, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings required for describing the embodiments. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following description show merely some embodiments of the present invention, and a person of ordinary skill in the art may still derive other drawings from these accompanying drawings without creative efforts. 
         FIG. 1  is a flowchart of an embodiment method for displaying a picture according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention; 
         FIG. 2  is a flowchart of an embodiment method for displaying a picture according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention; 
         FIG. 3A ,  FIG. 3B , and  FIG. 3C  are a flowchart of an embodiment method for displaying a picture according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention; 
         FIG. 4A ,  FIG. 4B ,  FIG. 4C , and  FIG. 4D  are a flowchart of an embodiment method for displaying a picture according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention; 
         FIG. 5A  and  FIG. 5B  are a flowchart of an embodiment method for displaying a picture according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention; 
         FIG. 6A  and  FIG. 6B  are a flowchart of an embodiment method for displaying a picture according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention; 
         FIG. 7  is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment control point for displaying a picture according to Embodiment 7 of the present invention; 
         FIG. 8  is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment control point for displaying a picture according to Embodiment 8 of the present invention; 
         FIG. 9  is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment media renderer for displaying a picture according to Embodiment 9 of the present invention; 
         FIG. 10  is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment media renderer for displaying a picture according to Embodiment 10 of the present invention; 
         FIG. 11  is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment control point for displaying a picture according to Embodiment 11 of the present invention; and 
         FIG. 12  is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment media renderer for displaying a picture according to Embodiment 12 of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
     To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the present invention clearer, the following further describes the embodiments of the present invention in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 
     Embodiment 1 
     Referring to  FIG. 1 , an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for displaying a picture. It should be noted that the embodiment of the present invention is a process of acquiring a picture selected by a user, and determining, according to the picture selected by the user, a picture to be buffered, and sending the picture selected by the user and the picture to be buffered to a media renderer, where a control point is used as an executor. 
     A procedure of the method includes: 
       101 . Acquire a uniform resource identifier URI of a first picture selected by a user. 
       102 . Acquire, according to the URI of the first picture, a URI of a picture to be buffered, where the picture to be buffered is a preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the first picture or another picture in a folder in which the first picture is located except the first picture. 
       103 . Send the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered to a media renderer, so that the media renderer acquires the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displays the first picture, and acquires, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     In a specific implementation manner, a specific scenario may be that a media server and a control point are disposed on one device, for example, a picture on a mobile phone is pushed to a television for displaying, where the mobile phone is a media server and control point, and the television is a media renderer. Another scenario may be that a media server and a control point are not disposed on one device, for example, a picture on a computer is viewed by using a mobile phone, and is pushed to a television for displaying; and therefore, the mobile phone is a control point, the computer is a media server, and the television is a media renderer. 
     In the embodiment of the present invention, a URI of a picture to be buffered is determined according to a first picture selected by a user, and URI of the first picture used for displaying and the picture to be buffered are sent to a media renderer, so that when acquiring and displaying the first picture, the media renderer acquires and buffers the picture to be buffered. When the user switches the selected picture, displaying may be performed instantly according to the buffered picture, which improves efficiency of displaying pictures. 
     Embodiment 2 
     Referring to  FIG. 2 , an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for displaying a picture. It should be noted that the embodiment of the present invention is a process of receiving a URI of a picture selected by a user and sent by a control point, and determining, according to the URI of the picture selected by the user, a URI of a picture to be buffered, and acquiring, according to the URI of the picture selected by the user, the picture selected by the user, and displaying the picture selected by the user, and acquiring, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffering the picture to be buffered, where a media server is used as an executor. 
     A procedure of the method includes: 
       201 . Receive a URI of a first picture and a URI of a picture to be buffered, which are sent by a control point, where the picture to be buffered is a preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the first picture or another picture in a folder in which the first picture is located except the first picture. 
       202 . Acquire the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and display the first picture, and acquire, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffer the picture to be buffered. 
     In the embodiment of the present invention, a URI of a picture to be buffered is determined according to a first picture selected by a user, and URI of the first picture used for displaying and the picture to be buffered are sent to a media renderer, so that when acquiring and displaying the first picture, the media renderer acquires and buffers the picture to be buffered. When the user switches the selected picture, displaying may be performed instantly according to the buffered picture, which improves efficiency of displaying pictures. 
     Embodiment 3 
     Referring to  FIG. 3A ,  FIG. 3B , and  FIG. 3C , an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for displaying a picture. It should be noted that the embodiment of the present invention is an improvement of Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2. 
     A procedure of the method includes: 
       301 . Acquire a uniform resource identifier URI of a first picture selected by a user. 
       302 . Acquire, according to the URI of the first picture, a URI of a picture to be buffered, where the picture to be buffered is a preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the first picture or another picture in a folder in which the first picture is located except the first picture. 
     Specifically, after the user selects the first picture to be displayed, there may be two cases of determining a range of pictures to be buffered. The first case is, in the same folder in which the user currently selects the picture, previous and next pictures adjacent to the picture are used as the pictures to be buffered, where the previous and next pictures adjacent to the picture may be determined according to an index of the picture selected by the user in the folder, and pictures to be buffered is m pictures before the index of the picture selected by the user, and/or n pictures after the index of the picture selected by the user, where m and n are positive integers. The second case is that, in the same folder in which the user currently selects the picture, all pictures are used as the pictures to be buffered. 
       303 . Send the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered to a media renderer, so that the media renderer acquires the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displays the first picture, and acquires, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     Sending the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered may be divided into two steps, and therefore, step  303  includes: 
       3031 . A control point sends a first control command to the media renderer, where the first control command carries a picture list, where the picture list includes the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered. 
     Specifically, the control point sends the picture list to the media renderer by invoking SetAVTransportURI( ) action. 
     Further, the picture list includes the URI of the first picture selected by the user and the URI of the picture to be buffered, where the URI carries content such as a name of a host storing the picture, path information, a relative storage position in the host, and a name of the stored picture. 
     In the picture list, URIs of the first picture and the picture to be buffered are stored in sequence. Using the following table as an example for description, URI3 is the first picture selected by the user, and URI1, URI2, URI4, and URI5 are the pictures to be buffered, as shown in Table 1. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
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       3032 . The control point sends a second control command to the media renderer, where the second control command carries a position of the first picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer acquires the first picture according to the position of the first picture in the picture list and the picture list, and displays the first picture, and acquires and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     Specifically, the control point sends the control command to the media renderer by invoking Seek( ) action, where the control command carries number information of a currently displayed picture (for example, a third picture in a playlist), so that the media renderer first displays the picture selected by the user. 
     Further, the position, which is carried in the second control command, of the first picture in the picture list is further described by using the example in Table 1. The position, which is carried in the second control command, of the first picture in the picture list is 3, and therefore, the media renderer determines the first picture according to URI3 corresponding to position 3, and acquires the first picture according to the URI3, and displays the first picture. At this time, the other URI1, URI2, URI4, and URI5 may be determined as the pictures to be buffered, and the four pictures are acquired and buffered. 
       304 . The media renderer receives the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered, which are sent by the control point, where the picture to be buffered is the preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the first picture or another picture in a folder in which the first picture is located except the first picture. 
     Corresponding to the two manners of sending, by the control point, the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered to the media renderer, there are also two manners of receiving the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered. Therefore, step  304  includes  3041 , which are specifically as follows: 
     A step corresponding to step  3031  is: 
       3041 . The media renderer receives the first control command sent by the control point, where the first control command carries the picture list, where the picture list includes the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered. 
       305 . The media renderer acquires the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displays the first picture, and acquires, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     Correspondingly, after the media renderer receives, in step  3041 , the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered, a process of displaying and buffering, by the media renderer, the picture to be buffered includes  3051  to  3053 , which are specifically as follows: 
       3051 . The media renderer receives the second control command sent by the control point, where the second control command carries the position of the first picture in the picture list. 
     The media renderer downloads the picture from a media server according to the received Seek( ) action and by using the URI of the picture selected by the user from the picture list, and displays the picture. Meanwhile, the media renderer downloads, from the media server according to a URI of a picture to be displayed in the picture list, the picture to be displayed, and buffers the picture to be displayed. The download manner is downloading, from the media server by using HTTP GET, the picture that is selected by the user in step  301 , and displaying the picture. 
       3052 . The media renderer acquires, from the picture list according to the position of the first picture in the picture list, the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered. 
       3053 . The media renderer acquires the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displays the first picture, and acquires, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
       306 . The control point receives a second picture selected by the user, and determines whether the second picture is in the picture list. 
     The second picture is a picture that is reselected by the user after the first picture is selected, and needs to be displayed on the media renderer. 
     Preferably, when whether the second picture is in the picture list is determined, a counter n may be set in the control point, where an initial value of n is 0. At this time, an offset between the first picture initially selected by the user and the second picture is counted. This manner is an optional step. 
     When next( ) action is sent to the media renderer, 1 is added to the counter, that is, n=n+1; when previous( ) action is sent to the media renderer, 1 is subtracted from the counter, that is, n=n−1; when seek( )action is sent to the media renderer, corresponding k is added to or subtracted from the counter according to an position offset variation of a target picture in seek( )action, that is, n=n+k/n−k. A threshold a is preset, and its function is to determine whether |n| exceeds the threshold. If |n|&gt;=a, the control point creates a new playlist, and sends the new playlist to the media renderer; and if |n|&lt;a, the media renderer continues to receive a next control command, and performs, according to the next control command, counting and operations after the counting. Further, when the picture to be buffered is all other pictures in the folder in which the first picture is located, it is unnecessary to perform the offset calculation process in this step. 
     Therefore, step  306  further includes  3061  to  3063 , which are specifically as follows: 
       3061 . Acquire a position offset between the first picture and the second picture. 
       3062 . When the position offset is less than a preset threshold, determine that the second picture is in the picture list. 
       3063 . When the position offset is greater than the preset threshold, determine that the second picture is not in the picture list. 
       307 . When the second picture is in the picture list, the control point sends a control command to the media renderer according to a position of the second picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer displays the second picture according to the control command. 
     Specifically, when the second picture is in the picture list, different control commands are selected according to the position of the second picture in the picture list, and sent to the media renderer, so that the media renderer selects different pictures according to the different control commands, for displaying. Therefore, step  307  includes  3071  to  3073 , which are specifically as follows: 
       3071 . When the second picture is a next picture, adjacent to a picture that is currently displayed by the media renderer, in the picture list, the control point sends a ninth control command to the media renderer, so that the media renderer displays the next picture adjacent to the picture that is currently displayed by the media renderer. 
     At this time, the ninth control command sent by the control point to the media renderer is a next( ) action command. 
     Preferably, after the control point sends to the media renderer the command for displaying the next picture adjacent to the picture that is currently displayed, the picture list may be further updated dynamically, so that the media renderer continuously updates the picture list to improve efficiency of displaying pictures. Therefore, after step  3061 , the control point continues to send a control command to the media renderer, to notify the media renderer of a URI of a picture that needs to be updated when the media renderer updates the picture list dynamically. At this time, step  312  is performed. 
       3072 . When the second picture is a previous picture, adjacent to the picture that is currently displayed by the media renderer, in the picture list, the control point sends a tenth control command to the media renderer, so that the media renderer displays the previous picture adjacent to the picture that is currently displayed by the media renderer. 
     At this time, the tenth control command sent by the control point to the media renderer is a previous( )action command. 
     Preferably, after the control point sends to the media renderer the command for displaying the previous picture adjacent to the picture that is currently displayed, the picture list may be further updated dynamically, so that the media renderer continuously updates the picture list to improve efficiency of displaying pictures. Therefore, after step  3072 , the control point continues to send a control command to the media renderer, to notify the media renderer of a URI of a picture that needs to be updated when the media renderer updates the picture list dynamically. At this time, step  313  is performed. 
       3073 . When the second picture is another picture, except the next picture and previous picture adjacent to the picture that is currently displayed by the media renderer, in the picture list, the control point sends an eleventh control command to the media renderer, where the eleventh control command carries the position of the second picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer displays the second picture according to the position of the second picture in the picture list. 
     At this time, the eleventh control command sent by the control point to the media renderer is a seek( )action command, where the seek( )action command carries the position of the second picture in the picture list. 
       308 . When the second picture is not in the picture list, the control point acquires a URI of the second picture, and acquires, according to the URI of the second picture, a URI of a picture to be buffered, where the picture to be buffered is a preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the second picture or other pictures than the second picture in a folder in which the second picture is located; and sends the URI of the second picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered to the media renderer, so that the media renderer acquires the second picture according to the URI of the second picture, and displays the second picture, and the media renderer acquires, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     At this time, the second picture selected by the user is not in the picture list. At this time, there may be two cases. The first case is that the second picture selected by the user and the first picture are in the same folder, but the second picture is not in the picture list at this time; the second case is that the second picture selected by the user and the first picture are not in the same folder. 
     Further, when the control point finds that the second picture selected by the user is not in the picture list, the control point sends a SetAVTransport URI( )action command to the media renderer, and performs a step of acquiring, according to the URI of the second picture, the URI of the picture to be buffered, and sending the URI of the second picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered to the media renderer, that is, performing the initial process repeatedly, so that the media renderer re-creates a picture list according to the URI that is sent at this time. 
       309 . The media renderer receives the ninth control command sent by the control point, and views, according to the ninth control command, whether the next picture adjacent to the picture currently displayed in the picture list is buffered, and when the next picture is buffered, displays the next picture adjacent to the picture currently displayed in the picture list. 
     Correspondingly, in step  309 , the ninth control command sent by the control point in step  3071  is received. 
       310 . The media renderer receives the tenth control command sent by the control point, and displays, according to the tenth control command, whether the previous picture adjacent to the picture currently displayed in the picture list is buffered, and when the previous picture is buffered, displays the previous picture adjacent to the picture currently displayed in the picture list. 
     Correspondingly, in step  310 , the tenth control command sent by the control point in step  3072  is received. 
       311 . The media renderer receives the eleventh control command sent by the control point, where the eleventh control command carries the position of the second picture in the picture list, and views, according to the position, which is carried in the eleventh control command, of the second picture in the picture list, whether the second picture is buffered, and when the second picture is buffered, displays the second picture. 
     Correspondingly, in step  311 , the eleventh control command sent by the control point in step  3073  is received. 
       312 . The control point sends a thirteenth control command to the media renderer, where the thirteenth control command carries URIs of a preset quantity of adjacent pictures after a last picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer updates the picture list, and acquires the preset quantity of pictures according to the URIs of the preset quantity of pictures, and buffers the preset quantity of pictures. 
     Specifically, the thirteenth control command sent by the control point to the media renderer is an AddNext( )action command. 
       313 . The control point sends a fourteenth control command to the media renderer, where the fourteenth control command carries URIs of a preset quantity of adjacent pictures before a foremost picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer updates the picture list, and acquires the preset quantity of pictures according to the URIs of the preset quantity of pictures, and buffers the preset quantity of pictures. 
     Specifically, the fourteenth control command sent by the control point to the media renderer is an AddPrevious( )action command. 
       314 . The media renderer receives the thirteenth control command sent by the control point, where the thirteenth control command carries the URIs of the preset quantity of adjacent pictures after the last picture in the picture list. 
       315 . The media renderer updates the picture list according to the URIs of the preset quantity of pictures, and acquires and buffers the preset quantity of pictures. 
     Correspondingly, the media renderer receives the thirteenth control command that is sent by the control point in step  312 , updates the picture list according to the control command, and acquires the picture to be buffered. 
       316 . The media renderer receives the fourteenth control command sent by the control point, where the fourteenth control command carries the URIs of the preset quantity of adjacent pictures before the foremost picture in the picture list. 
       317 . The media renderer updates the picture list according to the URIs of the preset quantity of pictures, and acquires and buffers the preset quantity of pictures. 
     Correspondingly, the media renderer receives the fourteenth control command that is sent by the control point in step  313 , updates the picture list according to the control command, and acquires the picture to be buffered. 
       318 . The media renderer receives the URI of the second picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered, where the picture to be buffered is the preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the second picture or another picture in a folder in which the second picture is located except the second picture. 
     Corresponding to step  308 , when the second picture selected by the user and received by the control point is not in the picture list, the media renderer receives the URI of the second picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered, which are sent by the control point, are received again. 
       319 . The media renderer acquires the second picture according to the URI of the second picture, and displays the second picture, and acquires, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     After the URI of the second picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered are received in step  318 , the second picture is acquired according to the URI of the second picture, and displayed, and the picture to be buffered is acquired according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, and buffered. 
     In the embodiment of the present invention, a URI of a picture to be buffered is determined according to a first picture selected by a user, and URI of the first picture used for displaying and the picture to be buffered are sent to a media renderer, so that when acquiring and displaying the first picture, the media renderer acquires and buffers the picture to be buffered. When the user switches the selected picture, displaying may be performed instantly according to the buffered picture, which improves efficiency of displaying pictures. 
     Embodiment 4 
     Referring to  FIG. 4A ,  FIG. 4B ,  FIG. 4C , and  FIG. 4D , an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for displaying a picture. It should be noted that the embodiment of the present invention is an improvement of Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2. 
     A procedure of the method includes: 
       401 . Acquire a uniform resource identifier URI of a first picture selected by a user. 
       402 . Acquire, according to the URI of the first picture, a URI of a picture to be buffered, where the picture to be buffered is a preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the first picture or another picture in a folder in which the first picture is located except the first picture. 
     Specifically, after the user selects the first picture to be displayed, there may be two cases of determining a range of pictures to be buffered. The first case is, in the same folder in which the user currently selects the picture, previous and next pictures adjacent to the picture are used as the pictures to be buffered, where the previous and next pictures adjacent to the picture may be determined according to an index of the picture selected by the user in the folder, and pictures to be buffered is m pictures before the index of the picture selected by the user, and/or n pictures after the index of the picture selected by the user, where m and n are positive integers. The second case is that, in the same folder in which the user currently selects the picture, all pictures are used as the pictures to be buffered. 
       403 . Send the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered to a media renderer, so that the media renderer acquires the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displays the first picture, and acquires, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     Sending the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered includes step  4031  to step  4034 . Therefore, step  403  includes: 
       4031 . A control point sends a third control command to the media renderer, where the third control command carries a URI of a picture list. 
     The control point sends the URI of the picture list to the media renderer by invoking SetAVTransportURI( ) action. In the embodiment of the present invention, the control point does not directly send a picture list that carries the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered to the media renderer, but sends the URI of the picture list which is stored in the control point, so that after acquiring the URI of the picture list, the media renderer sends a request for acquiring the picture list to the control point. 
       4032 . The control point receives a request, which is sent by the media renderer, for acquiring the picture list, where the request carries the URI of the picture list. 
     The media renderer sends the request for acquiring the picture list to the control point by using HTTP GET. 
       4033 . The control point sends the picture list to the media renderer according to the request, where the picture list includes the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered. 
       4034 . The control point sends a fourth control command to the media renderer, where the fourth control command carries a position of the first picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer acquires the first picture according to the position of the first picture in the picture list and the picture list, and displays the first picture, and acquires and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     The control point sends the control command to the media renderer by invoking Seek( ) action, where the control command carries number information of a currently displayed picture (for example, a third picture in a playlist), so that the media renderer first displays the picture selected by the user. 
       404 . The media renderer receives the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered, which are sent by the control point, where the picture to be buffered is the preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the second picture or another picture in a folder in which the second picture is located except the second picture. 
     Corresponding to the two manners of sending, by the control point, the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered to the media renderer, there are also two manners of receiving the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered. Therefore, step  404  includes step  4041  to step  4043 , which are specifically as follows: 
       4041 . The media renderer receives the third control command sent by the control point, where the third control command carries the URI of the picture list. 
       4042 . The media renderer sends the request for acquiring the picture list to the control point according to the URI of the picture list. 
       4043 . The media renderer receives the picture list sent by the control point, where the picture list includes the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered. 
       405 . The media renderer acquires the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displays the first picture, and acquires, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     Correspondingly, after the media renderer receives the picture list in step  4043 , step  405  includes step  4051  to step  4053 , which are specifically as follows: 
       4051 . The media renderer receives the fourth control command sent by the control point, where the fourth control command carries the position of the first picture in the picture list. 
     The media renderer downloads the picture from a media server according to the received Seek( ) action and by using the URI of the picture selected by the user from the picture list, and displays the picture. Meanwhile, the media renderer downloads, from the media server according to a URI of a picture to be displayed in the picture list, the picture to be displayed, and buffers the picture to be displayed. The download manner is downloading, from the media server by using HTTP GET, the picture that is selected by the user in step  401 , and displaying the picture. 
       4052 . The media renderer acquires, from the picture list according to the position of the first picture in the picture list, the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered. 
       4053 . The media renderer acquires the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displays the first picture, and acquires, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
       406 . The control point receives a second picture selected by the user, and determines whether the second picture is in the picture list. 
     The second picture is a picture that is reselected by the user after the first picture is selected, and needs to be displayed on the media renderer. 
     Preferably, when whether the second picture is in the picture list is determined, a counter n may be set in the control point, where an initial value of n is 0. At this time, an offset between the first picture initially selected by the user and the second picture is counted. This manner is an optional step. 
     When next( ) action is sent to the media renderer, 1 is added to the counter, that is, n=n+1; when previous( ) action is sent to the media renderer, 1 is subtracted from the counter, that is, n=n−1; when seek( )action is sent to the media renderer, corresponding k is added to or subtracted from the counter according to an position offset variation of a target picture in seek( )action, that is, n=n+k/n−k. A threshold a is preset, and its function is to determine whether |n| exceeds the threshold. If |n|&gt;=a, the control point creates a new playlist, and sends the new playlist to the media renderer; and if |n|&lt;a, the media renderer continues to receive a next control command, and performs, according to the next control command, counting and operations after the counting. Further, when the picture to be buffered is all other files in the folder in which the first picture is located, it is unnecessary to perform the offset calculation process in this step. 
     Therefore, step  406  further includes step  4061  to step  4063 , which are specifically as follows: 
       4061 . Acquire a position offset between the first picture and the second picture. 
       4062 . When the position offset is less than a preset threshold, determine that the second picture is in the picture list. 
       4063 . When the position offset is greater than the preset threshold, determine that the second picture is not in the picture list. 
       407 . If the second picture is in the picture list, the control point sends a control command to the media renderer according to a position of the second picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer displays the second picture according to the control command. 
     Specifically, when the second picture is in the picture list, different control commands are selected according to the position of the second picture in the picture list, and sent to the media renderer, so that the media renderer selects different pictures according to the different control commands, for displaying. Therefore, step  407  includes  4071  to  4073 , which are specifically as follows: 
       4071 . When the second picture is a next picture, adjacent to a picture that is currently displayed by the media renderer, in the picture list, the control point sends a ninth control command to the media renderer, so that the media renderer displays the next picture adjacent to the picture that is currently displayed by the media renderer. 
     At this time, the ninth control command sent by the control point to the media renderer is a next( ) action command. 
     Preferably, after the control point sends to the media renderer the command for displaying the next picture adjacent to the picture that is currently displayed, the picture list may be further updated dynamically, so that the media renderer continuously updates the picture list to improve efficiency of displaying pictures. Therefore, after step  4071 , the control point continues to send a control command to the media renderer, to notify the media renderer of a URI of a picture that needs to be updated when the media renderer updates the picture list dynamically. At this time, step  412  is performed. 
       4072 . When the second picture is a previous picture, adjacent to the picture that is currently displayed by the media renderer, in the picture list, the control point sends a tenth control command to the media renderer, so that the media renderer displays the previous picture adjacent to the picture that is currently displayed by the media renderer. 
     At this time, the tenth control command sent by the control point to the media renderer is a previous( )action command. 
     Preferably, after the control point sends to the media renderer the command for displaying the previous picture adjacent to the picture that is currently displayed, the picture list may be further updated dynamically, so that the media renderer continuously updates the picture list to improve efficiency of displaying pictures. Therefore, after step  4072 , the control point continues to send a control command to the media renderer, to notify the media renderer of a URI of a picture that needs to be updated when the media renderer updates the picture list dynamically. At this time, step  413  is performed. 
       4073 . When the second picture is another picture, except the next picture and previous picture adjacent to the picture that is currently displayed by the media renderer, in the picture list, the control point sends an eleventh control command to the media renderer, where the eleventh control command carries the position of the second picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer displays the second picture according to the position of the second picture in the picture list. 
     At this time, the eleventh control command sent by the control point to the media renderer is a seek( )action command, where the seek( )action command carries the position of the second picture in the picture list. 
       408 . If the second picture is not in the picture list, the control point acquires a URI of the second picture, and acquires, according to the URI of the second picture, a URI of a picture to be buffered, where the picture to be buffered is a preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the second picture or other pictures than the second picture in a folder in which the second picture is located; and sends the URI of the second picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered to the media renderer, so that the media renderer acquires the second picture according to the URI of the second picture, and displays the second picture, and the media renderer acquires, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     At this time, the second picture selected by the user is not in the picture list. At this time, there may be two cases. The first case is that the second picture selected by the user and the first picture are in the same folder, but the second picture is not in the picture list at this time; the second case is that the second picture selected by the user and the first picture are not in the same folder. 
     Further, when the control point finds that the second picture selected by the user is not in the picture list, the control point sends a SetAVTransport URI( )action command to the media renderer, and performs a step of acquiring, according to the URI of the second picture, the URI of the picture to be buffered, and sending the URI of the second picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered to the media renderer, that is, performing the initial process repeatedly, so that the media renderer re-creates a picture list according to the URI that is sent at this time. 
       409 . The media renderer receives the ninth control command sent by the control point, and views, according to the ninth control command, whether the next picture adjacent to the picture currently displayed in the picture list is buffered, and if the next picture is buffered, displays the next picture adjacent to the picture currently displayed in the picture list. 
     Correspondingly, in step  409 , the ninth control command sent by the control point in step  4071  is received. 
       410 . The media renderer receives the tenth control command sent by the control point, and displays, according to the tenth control command, whether the previous picture adjacent to the picture currently displayed in the picture list is buffered, and if the previous picture is buffered, displays the previous picture adjacent to the picture currently displayed in the picture list. 
     Correspondingly, in step  410 , the tenth control command sent by the control point in step  4072  is received. 
       411 . The media renderer receives the eleventh control command sent by the control point, where the eleventh control command carries the position of the second picture in the picture list, and views, according to the position, which is carried in the eleventh control command, of the second picture in the picture list, whether the second picture is buffered, and if the second picture is buffered, displays the second picture. 
     Correspondingly, in step  411 , the eleventh control command sent by the control point in step  4073  is received. 
       412 . The control point sends a thirteenth control command to the media renderer, where the thirteenth control command carries URIs of a preset quantity of adjacent pictures after a last picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer updates the picture list, and acquires the preset quantity of pictures according to the URIs of the preset quantity of pictures, and buffers the preset quantity of pictures. 
     Specifically, the thirteenth control command sent by the control point to the media renderer is an AddNext( )action command. 
       413 . The control point sends a fourteenth control command to the media renderer, where the fourteenth control command carries URIs of a preset quantity of adjacent pictures before a foremost picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer updates the picture list, and acquires the preset quantity of pictures according to the URIs of the preset quantity of pictures, and buffers the preset quantity of pictures. 
     Specifically, the fourteenth control command sent by the control point to the media renderer is an AddPrevious( )action command. 
       414 . The media renderer receives the thirteenth control command sent by the control point, where the thirteenth control command carries the URIs of the preset quantity of adjacent pictures after the last picture in the picture list. 
       415 . The media renderer updates the picture list according to the URIs of the preset quantity of pictures, and acquires and buffers the preset quantity of pictures. 
     Correspondingly, the media renderer receives the thirteenth control command that is sent by the control point in step  412 , updates the picture list according to the control command, and acquires the picture to be buffered. 
       416 . The media renderer receives the fourteenth control command sent by the control point, where the fourteenth control command carries the URIs of the preset quantity of adjacent pictures before the foremost picture in the picture list. 
       417 . The media renderer updates the picture list according to the URIs of the preset quantity of pictures, and acquires and buffers the preset quantity of pictures. 
     Correspondingly, the media renderer receives the fourteenth control command that is sent by the control point in step  413 , updates the picture list according to the control command, and acquires the picture to be buffered. 
       418 . The media renderer receives the URI of the second picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered, where the picture to be buffered is the preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the second picture or another picture in a folder in which the second picture is located except the second picture. 
     Corresponding to step  408 , when the second picture selected by the user and received by the control point is not in the picture list, the media renderer receives the URI of the second picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered, which are sent by the control point, are received again. 
       419 . The media renderer acquires the second picture according to the URI of the second picture, and displays the second picture, and acquires, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     After the URI of the second picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered are received in step  418 , the second picture is acquired according to the URI of the second picture, and displayed, and the picture to be buffered is acquired according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, and buffered. 
     In the embodiment of the present invention, a URI of a picture to be buffered is determined according to a first picture selected by a user, and URI of the first picture used for displaying and the picture to be buffered are sent to a media renderer, so that when acquiring and displaying the first picture, the media renderer acquires and buffers the picture to be buffered. When the user switches the selected picture, displaying may be performed instantly according to the buffered picture, which improves efficiency of displaying pictures. 
     Embodiment 5 
     Referring to  FIG. 5A  and  FIG. 5B , an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for displaying a picture. It should be noted that the embodiment of the present invention is an improvement of Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2. Description in a part of steps in the embodiment of the present invention is the same as description in the corresponding steps in Embodiment 3, and no further description is provided herein. 
     A procedure of the method includes: 
       501 . Acquire a uniform resource identifier URI of a first picture selected by a user. 
       502 . Acquire, according to the URI of the first picture, a URI of a picture to be buffered, where the picture to be buffered is a preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the first picture or another picture in a folder in which the first picture is located except the first picture. 
       503 . Send the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered to a media renderer, so that the media renderer acquires the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displays the first picture, and acquires, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     Sending the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered may be divided into two steps, and therefore, step  503  includes  5031  and  5032 , which are specifically as follows: 
       5031 . A control point sends a fifth control command to the media renderer, where the fifth control command carries the URI of the first picture, so that the media renderer acquires the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displays the first picture. 
     Specifically, the control point sends the URI of the first picture to the media renderer by invoking SetAVTransportURI( ) action. 
       5032 . The control point sends a sixth control command to the media renderer, where the sixth control command carries a picture list, where the picture list includes the URI of the picture to be buffered, so that the media renderer acquires, according to the picture list, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     Specifically, the control point sends the picture list to the media renderer by invoking SetNextAVTransportURI( ) action, where the picture list includes the URI of the picture to be buffered. 
       504 . The media renderer receives the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered, which are sent by the control point, where the picture to be buffered is the preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the first picture or another picture in a folder in which the first picture is located except the first picture. Step  504  includes step  5041  and step  5042 , which are specifically as follows: 
       5041 . The media renderer receives the fifth control command sent by the control point, where the fifth control command carries the URI of the first picture. 
       5042 . The media renderer receives the sixth control command sent by the control point, where the sixth control command carries the picture list, where the picture list includes the URI of the picture to be buffered. 
       505 . The media renderer acquires the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displays the first picture, and acquires, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     Correspondingly, after the URI of the first picture and the picture list, which are sent by the control point to the media renderer in steps  5031  and  5032 , are received, step  505  includes  5051  and  5052 , which are specifically as follows: 
       5051 . The media renderer acquires the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displays the first picture. 
       5052 . The media renderer acquires, according to the picture list, the URI of the picture to be buffered, and acquires and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
       506 . The control point receives a second picture selected by the user, and determines whether the second picture is in the picture list. 
     The second picture is a picture that is reselected by the user after the first picture is selected, and needs to be displayed on the media renderer. 
     Preferably, when whether the second picture is in the picture list is determined, a counter n may be set in the control point, where an initial value of n is 0. At this time, an offset between the first picture initially selected by the user and the second picture is counted. This manner is an optional step. 
     When next( ) action is sent to the media renderer, 1 is added to the counter, that is, n=n+1; when previous( ) action is sent to the media renderer, 1 is subtracted from the counter, that is, n=n−1; when seek( )action is sent to the media renderer, corresponding k is added to or subtracted from the counter according to an offset position change of a target picture in seek( )action, that is, n=n+k/n−k. A threshold a is preset, and its function is to determine whether |n| exceeds the threshold. If |n|&gt;=a, the control point creates a new playlist, and sends the new playlist to the media renderer; and if |n|&lt;&lt;a, the media renderer continues to receive a next control command, and performs, according to the next control command, counting and operations after the counting. Further, when the picture to be buffered is all other files in the folder in which the first picture is located, it is unnecessary to perform the offset calculation process in this step. 
     Therefore, step  506  further includes step  5061  to step  5063 , which are specifically as follows: 
       5061 . Acquire a position offset between the first picture and the second picture. 
       5062 . When the position offset is less than a preset threshold, determine that the second picture is in the picture list. 
       5063 . When the position offset is greater than the preset threshold, determine that the second picture is not in the picture list. 
       507 . If the second picture is in the picture list, the control point sends a control command to the media renderer according to a position of the second picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer displays the second picture according to the control command. 
     Specifically, when the second picture is in the picture list, the control command is sent to the media renderer according to the position of the second picture in the picture list. A difference between this step and Embodiment 2 lies in that: when the user selects the second picture, it is determined that the second picture is in the picture list, and all commands for displaying the second picture, which are sent to the media renderer, are seek( )action, where each command carries the position of the second picture in the picture list. 
     Therefore, step  507  includes  5071 , which is specifically as follows: 
       5071 . The control point sends a twelfth control command to the media renderer, where the twelfth control command carries the position of the second picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer displays the second picture according to the position of the second picture in the picture list. 
     At this time, the twelfth control command sent by the control point to the media renderer is a seek( )action command, where the seek( )action command carries the position of the second picture in the picture list. 
       508 . The media renderer receives the twelfth control command sent by the control point, where the twelfth control command carries the position of the second picture in the picture list, and views, according to the position, which is carried in the twelfth control command, of the second picture in the picture list, whether the second picture is buffered, and if the second picture is buffered, displays the second picture. 
     Correspondingly, in step  508 , the twelfth control command sent by the control point in step  5071  is received. 
       509 . If the second picture is not in the picture list, the control point acquires a URI of the second picture, and acquires, according to the URI of the second picture, a URI of a picture to be buffered, where the picture to be buffered is a preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the second picture or other pictures than the second picture in a folder in which the second picture is located; and sends the URI of the second picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered to the media renderer, so that the media renderer acquires the second picture according to the URI of the second picture, and displays the second picture, and the media renderer acquires, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
       510 . The media renderer receives the URI of the second picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered, where the picture to be buffered is the preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the first picture or another picture in a folder in which the first picture is located except the first picture. 
       511 . The media renderer acquires the second picture according to the URI of the second picture, and displays the second picture, and acquires, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     In the embodiment of the present invention, a URI of a picture to be buffered is determined according to a first picture selected by a user, and URI of the first picture used for displaying and the picture to be buffered are sent to a media renderer, so that when acquiring and displaying the first picture, the media renderer acquires and buffers the picture to be buffered. When the user switches the selected picture, displaying may be performed instantly according to the buffered picture, which improves efficiency of displaying pictures. 
     Embodiment 6 
     Referring to  FIG. 6A  and  FIG. 6B , an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for displaying a picture. It should be noted that the embodiment of the present invention is an improvement of Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2. Description in a part of steps in the embodiment of the present invention is the same as description in the corresponding steps in Embodiment 3, and no further description is provided herein. 
     A procedure of the method includes: 
       601 . Acquire a uniform resource identifier URI of a first picture selected by a user. 
       602 . Acquire, according to the URI of the first picture, a URI of a picture to be buffered, where the picture to be buffered is a preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the first picture or another picture in a folder in which the first picture is located except the first picture. 
       603 . Send the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered to a media renderer, so that the media renderer acquires the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displays the first picture, and acquires, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     Sending the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered may be divided into four steps, and therefore, step  603  includes  6031  to  6034 , which are specifically as follows: 
       6031 . A control point sends a seventh control command to the media renderer, where the seventh control command carries the URI of the first picture, so that the media renderer acquires the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displays the first picture. 
     Specifically, the control point sends the URI of the first picture to the media renderer by invoking SetAVTransportURI( ) action. 
       6032 . The control point sends an eighth control command to the media renderer, where the eighth control command carries a URI of a picture list. 
     Specifically, the control point sends the URI of the picture list to the media renderer by invoking SetNextAVTransportURI( ) action. In the embodiment of the present invention, the control point does not directly send a picture list that carries the URI of the picture to be buffered to the media renderer, but sends the URI of the picture list which is stored in the control point, so that after acquiring the URI of the picture list, the media renderer sends a request for acquiring the picture list to the control point. 
       6033 . The control point receives a request, which is sent by the media renderer, for acquiring the picture list, where the request carries the URI of the picture list. 
     The media renderer sends the request for acquiring the picture list to the control point by using HTTP GET. 
       6034 . The control point sends the picture list to the media renderer according to the request, where the picture list includes the URI of the picture to be buffered, so that the media renderer acquires, according to the picture list, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
       604 . The media renderer receives the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered, which are sent by the control point, where the picture to be buffered is the preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the first picture or another picture in a folder in which the first picture is located except the first picture. Step  604  includes  6041  to  6044 , which are specifically as follows: 
       6041 . The media renderer receives the seventh control command sent by the control point, where the seventh control command carries the URI of the first picture. 
       6042 . The media renderer receives the eighth control command sent by the control point, where the eighth control command carries the URI of the picture list. 
       6043 . The media renderer sends the request for acquiring the picture list to the control point according to the URI of the picture list. 
       6044 . The media renderer receives the picture list sent by the control point, where the picture list includes the URI of the picture to be buffered. 
       605 . The media renderer acquires the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displays the first picture, and acquires, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     Correspondingly, after the URI of the first picture and the picture list, which are sent by the control point to the media renderer in steps  6031  to  6034 , are received, step  605  includes  6051  and  6052 , which are specifically as follows: 
       6051 . The media renderer acquires the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displays the first picture. 
       6052 . The media renderer acquires, according to the picture list, the URI of the picture to be buffered, and acquires and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
       606 . The control point receives a second picture selected by the user, and determines whether the second picture is in the picture list. 
     The second picture is a picture that is reselected by the user after the first picture is selected, and needs to be displayed on the media renderer. 
     Preferably, when whether the second picture is in the picture list is determined, a counter n may be set in the control point, where an initial value of n is 0. At this time, an offset between the first picture initially selected by the user and the second picture is counted. This manner is an optional step. 
     When next( ) action is sent to the media renderer, 1 is added to the counter, that is, n=n+1; when previous( ) action is sent to the media renderer, 1 is subtracted from the counter, that is, n=n−1; when seek( )action is sent to the media renderer, corresponding k is added to or subtracted from the counter according to an offset position change of a target picture in seek( )action, that is, n=n+k/n−k. A threshold a is preset, and its function is to determine whether |n| exceeds the threshold. If |n|&gt;=a, the control point creates a new playlist, and sends the new playlist to the media renderer; and if |n|&lt;a, the media renderer continues to receive a next control command, and performs, according to the next control command, counting and operations after the counting. Further, when the picture to be buffered is all other files in the folder in which the first picture is located, it is unnecessary to perform the offset calculation process in this step. 
     Therefore, step  606  further includes step  6061  to step  6063 , which are specifically as follows: 
       6061 . Acquire a position offset between the first picture and the second picture. 
       6062 . When the position offset is less than a preset threshold, determine that the second picture is in the picture list. 
       6063 . When the position offset is greater than the preset threshold, determine that the second picture is not in the picture list. 
       607 . If the second picture is in the picture list, the control point sends a control command to the media renderer according to a position of the second picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer displays the second picture according to the control command. 
     Specifically, when the second picture is in the picture list, the control command is sent to the media renderer according to the position of the second picture in the picture list. A difference between this step and Embodiment 2 lies in that: when the user selects the second picture, it is determined that the second picture is in the picture list, and all commands for displaying the second picture, which are sent to the media renderer, are seek( )action, where each command carries the position of the second picture in the picture list. 
     Therefore, step  607  includes step  6071 , which is specifically as follows: 
       6071 . The control point sends a twelfth control command to the media renderer, where the twelfth control command carries the position of the second picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer displays the second picture according to the position of the second picture in the picture list. 
     At this time, the twelfth control command sent by the control point to the media renderer is a seek( )action command, where the seek( )action command carries the position of the second picture in the picture list. 
       608 . The media renderer receives the twelfth control command sent by the control point, where the twelfth control command carries the position of the second picture in the picture list, and views, according to the position, which is carried in the twelfth control command, of the second picture in the picture list, whether the second picture is buffered, and if the second picture is buffered, displays the second picture. 
     Correspondingly, in step  608 , the twelfth control command sent by the control point in step  6071  is received. 
       609 . If the second picture is not in the picture list, the control point acquires a URI of the second picture, and acquires, according to the URI of the second picture, a URI of a picture to be buffered, where the picture to be buffered is a preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the second picture or other pictures than the second picture in a folder in which the second picture is located; and sends the URI of the second picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered to the media renderer, so that the media renderer acquires the second picture according to the URI of the second picture, and displays the second picture, and the media renderer acquires, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
       610 . The media renderer receives the URI of the second picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered, where the picture to be buffered is the preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the second picture or another picture in a folder in which the second picture is located except the second picture. 
       611 . The media renderer acquires the second picture according to the URI of the second picture, and displays the second picture, and acquires, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     In the embodiment of the present invention, a URI of a picture to be buffered is determined according to a first picture selected by a user, and URI of the first picture used for displaying and the picture to be buffered are sent to a media renderer, so that when acquiring and displaying the first picture, the media renderer acquires and buffers the picture to be buffered. When the user switches the selected picture, displaying may be performed instantly according to the buffered picture, which improves efficiency of displaying pictures. 
     Embodiment 7 
     Referring to  FIG. 7 , an embodiment of the present invention provides a control point for displaying a picture. 
     The control point includes: 
     a first acquiring module  701 , configured to acquire a uniform resource identifier URI of a first picture selected by a user; 
     a second acquiring module  702 , configured to acquire, according to the URI of the first picture, a URI of a picture to be buffered, where the picture to be buffered is a preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the first picture or another picture in a folder in which the first picture is located except the first picture; and 
     a first sending module  703 , configured to send the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered to a media renderer, so that the media renderer acquires the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displays the first picture, and acquires, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     In the embodiment of the present invention, a URI of a picture to be buffered is determined according to a first picture selected by a user, and URI of the first picture used for displaying and the picture to be buffered are sent to a media renderer, so that when acquiring and displaying the first picture, the media renderer acquires and buffers the picture to be buffered. When the user switches the selected picture, displaying may be performed instantly according to the buffered picture, which improves efficiency of displaying pictures. 
     Embodiment 8 
     Referring to  FIG. 8 , an embodiment of the present invention provides a control point for displaying a picture. 
     The control point includes: 
     a first acquiring module  801 , configured to acquire a uniform resource identifier URI of a first picture selected by a user; 
     a second acquiring module  802 , configured to acquire, according to the URI of the first picture, a URI of a picture to be buffered, where the picture to be buffered is a preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the first picture or another picture in a folder in which the first picture is located except the first picture; and 
     a first sending module  803 , configured to send the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered to a media renderer, so that the media renderer acquires the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displays the first picture, and acquires, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     In a specific implementation manner, the first sending module  803  includes: 
     a first sending unit  8031 , configured to send a first control command to the media renderer, where the first control command carries a picture list, where the picture list includes the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered; and 
     a second sending unit  8032 , configured to send a second control command to the media renderer, where the second control command carries a position of the first picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer acquires the first picture according to the position of the first picture in the picture list and the picture list, and displays the first picture, and acquires and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     Alternatively, the first sending module  803  includes: 
     a third sending unit  8033 , configured to send a third control command to the media renderer, where the third control command carries a URI of a picture list; 
     a first receiving unit  8034 , configured to receive a request, which is sent by the media renderer, for acquiring the picture list, where the request carries the URI of the picture list; 
     a fourth sending unit  8035 , configured to send the picture list to the media renderer according to the request, where the picture list includes the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered; and 
     a fifth sending unit  8036 , configured to send a fourth control command to the media renderer, where the fourth control command carries a position of the first picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer acquires the first picture according to the position of the first picture in the picture list and the picture list, and displays the first picture, and acquires and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     Alternatively, the first sending module  803  includes: 
     a sixth sending unit  8037 , configured to send a fifth control command to the media renderer, where the fifth control command carries the URI of the first picture, so that the media renderer acquires the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displays the first picture; and 
     a seventh sending unit  8038 , configured to send a sixth control command to the media renderer, where the sixth control command carries a picture list, where the picture list includes the URI of the picture to be buffered, so that the media renderer acquires, according to the picture list, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     Alternatively, the first sending module  803  includes: 
     an eighth sending unit  8039 , configured to send a seventh control command to the media renderer, where the seventh control command carries the URI of the first picture, so that the media renderer acquires the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displays the first picture; 
     a ninth sending unit  80310 , configured to send an eighth control command to the media renderer, where the eighth control command carries a URI of a picture list; 
     a second receiving unit  80311 , configured to receive a request, which is sent by the media renderer, for acquiring the picture list, where the request carries the URI of the picture list; and 
     a tenth sending unit  80312 , configured to send the picture list to the media renderer according to the request, where the picture list includes the URI of the picture to be buffered, so that the media renderer acquires, according to the picture list, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     Preferably, the control point further includes: 
     a first processing module  804 , configured to receive a second picture selected by the user, and determine whether the second picture is in the picture list; 
     a second processing module  805 , configured to: if the second picture is in the picture list, send a control command to the media renderer according to a position of the second picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer displays the second picture according to the control command; and 
     a third processing module  806 , configured to: if the second picture is not in the picture list, acquire a URI of the second picture, and acquire, according to the URI of the second picture, a URI of a picture to be buffered, where the picture to be buffered is a preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the second picture or other pictures than the second picture in a folder in which the second picture is located; and send the URI of the second picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered to the media renderer, so that the media renderer acquires the second picture according to the URI of the second picture, and displays the second picture, and the media renderer acquires, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     Preferably, the first processing module  804  further includes: 
     an acquiring unit  8041 , configured to acquire a position offset between the first picture and the second picture; 
     a first determining unit  8042 , configured to: when the position offset is less than a preset threshold, determine that the second picture is in the picture list; and 
     a second determining unit  8043 , configured to: when the position offset is greater than the preset threshold, determine that the second picture is not in the picture list. 
     Preferably, the second processing module  805  includes: 
     an eleventh sending unit  8051 , configured to: when the second picture is a next picture, adjacent to a picture that is currently displayed by the media renderer, in the picture list, send a ninth control command to the media renderer, so that the media renderer displays the next picture adjacent to the picture that is currently displayed by the media renderer; 
     a twelfth sending unit  8052 , configured to: when the second picture is a previous picture, adjacent to the picture that is currently displayed by the media renderer, in the picture list, send a tenth control command to the media renderer, so that the media renderer displays the previous picture adjacent to the picture that is currently displayed by the media renderer; and 
     a thirteenth sending unit  8053 , configured to: when the second picture is another picture, except the next picture and previous picture adjacent to the picture that is currently displayed by the media renderer, in the picture list, send an eleventh control command to the media renderer, where the eleventh control command carries the position of the second picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer displays the second picture according to the position of the second picture in the picture list. 
     Alternatively, the second processing module  805  includes: 
     a fourteenth sending unit  8054 , configured to send a twelfth control command to the media renderer, where the twelfth control command carries the position of the second picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer displays the second picture according to the position of the second picture in the picture list. 
     Preferably, the control point further includes: 
     a second sending module  807 , configured to send a thirteenth control command to the media renderer, where the thirteenth control command carries URIs of a preset quantity of adjacent pictures after a last picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer updates the picture list, and acquires the preset quantity of pictures according to the URIs of the preset quantity of pictures, and buffers the preset quantity of pictures. 
     Preferably, the control point further includes: 
     a third sending module  808 , configured to send a fourteenth control command to the media renderer, where the fourteenth control command carries URIs of a preset quantity of adjacent pictures before a foremost picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer updates the picture list, and acquires the preset quantity of pictures according to the URIs of the preset quantity of pictures, and buffers the preset quantity of pictures. 
     In the embodiment of the present invention, a URI of a picture to be buffered is determined according to a first picture selected by a user, and URI of the first picture used for displaying and the picture to be buffered are sent to a media renderer, so that when acquiring and displaying the first picture, the media renderer acquires and buffers the picture to be buffered. When the user switches the selected picture, displaying may be performed instantly according to the buffered picture, which improves efficiency of displaying pictures. 
     Embodiment 9 
     Referring to  FIG. 9 , an embodiment of the present invention provides a media renderer for displaying a picture. 
     The media renderer includes: 
     a first receiving module  901 , configured to receive a URI of a first picture and a URI of a picture to be buffered, which are sent by a control point, where the picture to be buffered is a preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the first picture or another picture in a folder in which the first picture is located except the first picture; and 
     a displaying module  902 , configured to acquire the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and display the first picture, and acquire, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffer the picture to be buffered. 
     In the embodiment of the present invention, a URI of a picture to be buffered is determined according to a first picture selected by a user, and URI of the first picture used for displaying and the picture to be buffered are sent to a media renderer, so that when acquiring and displaying the first picture, the media renderer acquires and buffers the picture to be buffered. When the user switches the selected picture, displaying may be performed instantly according to the buffered picture, which improves efficiency of displaying pictures. 
     Embodiment 10 
     Referring to  FIG. 10 , an embodiment of the present invention provides a media renderer for displaying a picture. 
     The media renderer includes: 
     a first receiving module  1001 , configured to receive a URI of a first picture and a URI of a picture to be buffered, which are sent by a control point, where the picture to be buffered is a preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the first picture or another picture in a folder in which the first picture is located except the first picture; and 
     a displaying module  1002 , configured to acquire the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and display the first picture, and acquire, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffer the picture to be buffered. 
     In a specific implementation manner, the first receiving module  1001  includes: 
     a third receiving unit  10011 , configured to receive a first control command sent by the control point, where the first control command carries a picture list, where the picture list includes the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered. 
     Correspondingly, the displaying module  1002  includes: 
     a fourth receiving unit  10021 , configured to receive a second control command sent by the control point, where the second control command carries a position of the first picture in the picture list; 
     a first displaying unit  10022 , configured to acquire, from the picture list according to the position of the first picture in the picture list, the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered; and 
     a first buffering and acquiring unit  10023 , configured to acquire the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and display the first picture, and acquire, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffer the picture to be buffered. 
     Alternatively, the first receiving module  1001  includes: 
     a fifth receiving unit  10012 , configured to receive a third control command sent by the control point, where the third control command carries a URI of a picture list; 
     a fifteenth sending unit  10013 , configured to send a request for acquiring the picture list to the control point according to the URI of the picture list; and 
     a sixth receiving unit  10014 , configured to receive the picture list sent by the control point, where the picture list includes the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered. 
     Correspondingly, the displaying module  1002  includes: 
     a seventh receiving unit  10024 , configured to receive a fourth control command sent by the control point, where the fourth control command carries a position of the first picture in the picture list; 
     a second displaying unit  10025 , configured to acquire, from the picture list according to the position of the first picture in the picture list, the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered; and 
     a second buffering and acquiring unit  10026 , configured to acquire the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and display the first picture, and acquire, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffer the picture to be buffered. 
     Alternatively, the first receiving module  1001  further includes: 
     an eighth receiving unit  10015 , configured to receive a fifth control command sent by the control point, where the fifth control command carries the URI of the first picture; and 
     a ninth receiving unit  10016 , configured to receive a sixth control command sent by the control point, where the sixth control command carries a picture list, where the picture list includes the URI of the picture to be buffered. 
     Correspondingly, the displaying module  1002  includes: 
     a third displaying unit  10027 , configured to acquire the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and display the first picture; and 
     a third buffering and acquiring unit  10028 , configured to acquire, according to the picture list, the URI of the picture to be buffered, and acquire and buffer the picture to be buffered. 
     In a specific implementation manner, the first receiving module  1001  includes: 
     a tenth receiving unit  10017 , configured to receive a seventh control command sent by the control point, where the seventh control command carries the URI of the first picture; 
     an eleventh receiving unit  10018 , configured to receive an eighth control command sent by the control point, where the eighth control command carries a URI of a picture list; 
     a sixteenth sending unit  10019 , configured to send, to the control point according to the URI of the picture list, a request for acquiring the picture list; and 
     a twelfth receiving unit  100110 , configured to receive the picture list sent by the control point, where the picture list includes the URI of the picture to be buffered. 
     Correspondingly, the displaying module  1002  includes: 
     a fourth displaying unit  10029 , configured to acquire the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and display the first picture; and 
     a fourth buffering and acquiring unit  100210 , configured to acquire, according to the picture list, the URI of the picture to be buffered, and acquire and buffer the picture to be buffered. 
     Preferably, the media renderer further includes: 
     a second receiving module  1003 , configured to receive a ninth control command sent by the control point, and view, according to the ninth control command, whether a next picture adjacent to a picture currently displayed in the picture list is buffered, and if the next picture is buffered, display the next picture adjacent to the picture currently displayed in the picture list; 
     a third receiving module  1004 , configured to receive a tenth control command sent by the control point, and display, according to the tenth control command, whether a previous picture adjacent to the picture currently displayed in the picture list is buffered, and if the previous picture is buffered, display the previous picture adjacent to the picture currently displayed in the picture list; and 
     a fourth receiving module  1005 , configured to receive an eleventh control command sent by the control point, where the eleventh control command carries a position of a second picture in the picture list, and view, according to the position, which is carried in the eleventh control command, of the second picture in the picture list, whether the second picture is buffered, and if the second picture is buffered, display the second picture. 
     Alternatively, the media renderer further includes: 
     a fifth receiving module  1006 , configured to receive a twelfth control command sent by the control point, where the twelfth control command carries a position of a second picture in the picture list, and view, according to the position, which is carried in the twelfth control command, of the second picture in the picture list, whether the second picture is buffered, and if the second picture is buffered, display the second picture. 
     Preferably, the media renderer further includes: 
     a sixth receiving module  1007 , configured to receive a thirteenth control command sent by the control point, where the thirteenth control command carries URIs of a preset quantity of adjacent pictures after a last picture in the picture list; and 
     a fourth processing module  1008 , configured to update the picture list according to the URIs of the preset quantity of pictures, and acquire and buffer the preset quantity of pictures. 
     Preferably, the media renderer further includes: 
     a seventh receiving module  1009 , configured to receive a fourteenth control command sent by the control point, where the fourteenth control command carries URIs of a preset quantity of adjacent pictures before a foremost picture in the picture list; and 
     a fifth processing module  1010 , configured to update the picture list according to the URIs of the preset quantity of pictures, and acquire and buffer the preset quantity of pictures. 
     Alternatively, the media renderer includes: 
     an eighth receiving module  1011 , configured to receive a URI of a second picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered, where the picture to be buffered is the preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the second picture or another picture in a folder in which the second picture is located except the second picture; and 
     a sixth processing module  1012 , configured to acquire the second picture according to the URI of the second picture, and display the second picture, and acquire, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffer the picture to be buffered. 
     In the embodiment of the present invention, a URI of a picture to be buffered is determined according to a first picture selected by a user, and URI of the first picture used for displaying and the picture to be buffered are sent to a media renderer, so that when acquiring and displaying the first picture, the media renderer acquires and buffers the picture to be buffered. When the user switches the selected picture, displaying may be performed instantly according to the buffered picture, which improves efficiency of displaying pictures. 
     Embodiment 11 
     Referring to  FIG. 11 , an embodiment of the present invention provides a control point for displaying a picture. The control point includes: 
     a memory  1101  and at least one processor  1102 , where the processor  1102  is configured to execute the following operations: 
     acquiring a uniform resource identifier URI of a first picture selected by a user; 
     acquiring, according to the URI of the first picture, a URI of a picture to be buffered, where the picture to be buffered is a preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the first picture or another picture in a folder in which the first picture is located except the first picture; and 
     sending the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered to a media renderer, so that the media renderer acquires the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displays the first picture, and acquires, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     The sending the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered to a media renderer includes: 
     sending a first control command to the media renderer, where the first control command carries a picture list, where the picture list includes the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered; and 
     sending a second control command to the media renderer, where the second control command carries a position of the first picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer acquires the first picture according to the position of the first picture in the picture list and the picture list, and displays the first picture, and acquires and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     The sending the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered to a media renderer includes: 
     sending a third control command to the media renderer, where the third control command carries a URI of a picture list; 
     receiving a request, which is sent by the media renderer, for acquiring the picture list, where the request carries the URI of the picture list; 
     sending the picture list to the media renderer according to the request, where the picture list includes the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered; and 
     sending a fourth control command to the media renderer, where the fourth control command carries a position of the first picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer acquires the first picture according to the position of the first picture in the picture list and the picture list, and displays the first picture, and acquires and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     The sending the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered to a media renderer includes: 
     sending a fifth control command to the media renderer, where the fifth control command carries the URI of the first picture, so that the media renderer acquires the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displays the first picture; and 
     sending a sixth control command to the media renderer, where the sixth control command carries a picture list, where the picture list includes the URI of the picture to be buffered, so that the media renderer acquires, according to the picture list, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     The sending the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered to a media renderer includes: 
     sending a seventh control command to the media renderer, where the seventh control command carries the URI of the first picture, so that the media renderer acquires the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displays the first picture; 
     sending an eighth control command to the media renderer, where the eighth control command carries a URI of a picture list; 
     receiving a request, which is sent by the media renderer, for acquiring the picture list, where the request carries the URI of the picture list; and 
     sending the picture list to the media renderer according to the request, where the picture list includes the URI of the picture to be buffered, so that the media renderer acquires, according to the picture list, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     After the sending the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered to a media renderer, the processor  1102  is further configured to execute the following operations: 
     receiving a second picture selected by the user, and determining whether the second picture is in the picture list; 
     if the second picture is in the picture list, sending a control command to the media renderer according to a position of the second picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer displays the second picture according to the control command; and 
     if the second picture is not in the picture list, acquiring a URI of the second picture, and acquiring, according to the URI of the second picture, a URI of a picture to be buffered, where the picture to be buffered is a preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the second picture or other pictures than the second picture in a folder in which the second picture is located; and sending the URI of the second picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered to the media renderer, so that the media renderer acquires the second picture according to the URI of the second picture, and displays the second picture, and the media renderer acquires, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffers the picture to be buffered. 
     The sending a corresponding control command to the media renderer according to a position of the second picture in the picture list includes: 
     when the second picture is a next picture, adjacent to a picture that is currently displayed by the media renderer, in the picture list, sending a ninth control command to the media renderer, so that the media renderer displays the next picture adjacent to the picture that is currently displayed by the media renderer; or 
     when the second picture is a previous picture, adjacent to a picture that is currently displayed by the media renderer, in the picture list, sending a tenth control command to the media renderer, so that the media renderer displays the previous picture adjacent to the picture that is currently displayed by the media renderer; or 
     when the second picture is another picture, except a next picture and a previous picture adjacent to a picture that is currently displayed by the media renderer, in the picture list, sending an eleventh control command to the media renderer, where the eleventh control command carries the position of the second picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer displays the second picture according to the position of the second picture in the picture list. 
     The sending a corresponding control command to the media renderer according to a position of the second picture in the picture list includes: 
     sending a twelfth control command to the media renderer, where the twelfth control command carries the position of the second picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer displays the second picture according to the position of the second picture in the picture list. 
     After the sending a ninth control command to the media renderer, the processor  1102  is further configured to execute the following operations: 
     sending a thirteenth control command to the media renderer, where the thirteenth control command carries URIs of a preset quantity of adjacent pictures after a last picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer updates the picture list, and acquires the preset quantity of pictures according to the URIs of the preset quantity of pictures, and buffers the preset quantity of pictures. 
     After the sending a tenth control command to the media renderer, the processor  1102  is further configured to execute the following operations: 
     sending a fourteenth control command to the media renderer, where the fourteenth control command carries URIs of a preset quantity of adjacent pictures before a foremost picture in the picture list, so that the media renderer updates the picture list, and acquires the preset quantity of pictures according to the URIs of the preset quantity of pictures, and buffers the preset quantity of pictures. 
     The determining whether the second picture is in the picture list includes: 
     acquiring a position offset between the first picture and the second picture; 
     when the position offset is less than a preset threshold, determining that the second picture is in the picture list; and 
     when the position offset is greater than the preset threshold, determining that the second picture is not in the picture list. 
     In the embodiment of the present invention, a URI of a picture to be buffered is determined according to a first picture selected by a user, and URI of the first picture used for displaying and the picture to be buffered are sent to a media renderer, so that when acquiring and displaying the first picture, the media renderer acquires and buffers the picture to be buffered. When the user switches the selected picture, displaying may be performed instantly according to the buffered picture, which improves efficiency of displaying pictures. 
     Embodiment 12 
     Referring to  FIG. 12 , an embodiment of the present invention provides a media renderer for displaying a picture. The media renderer includes: 
     a memory  1201  and at least one processor  1202 , where the processor  1202  is configured to execute the following operations of displaying a picture: 
     receiving a URI of a first picture and a URI of a picture to be buffered, which are sent by a control point, where the picture to be buffered is a preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the first picture or another picture in a folder in which the first picture is located except the first picture; and 
     acquiring the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displaying the first picture, and acquiring, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffering the picture to be buffered. 
     The receiving a URI of a first picture and a URI of a picture to be buffered, which are sent by a control point includes: 
     receiving a first control command sent by the control point, where the first control command carries a picture list, where the picture list includes the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered. 
     The acquiring the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displaying the first picture, and acquiring, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffering the picture to be buffered include: 
     receiving a second control command sent by the control point, where the second control command carries a position of the first picture in the picture list; 
     acquiring, from the picture list according to the position of the first picture in the picture list, the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered; and 
     acquiring the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displaying the first picture, and acquiring, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffering the picture to be buffered. 
     The receiving a URI of a first picture and a URI of a picture to be buffered, which are sent by a control point includes: 
     receiving a third control command sent by the control point, where the third control command carries a URI of a picture list; 
     sending a request for acquiring the picture list to the control point according to the URI of the picture list; and 
     receiving the picture list sent by the control point, where the picture list includes the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered. 
     The acquiring the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displaying the first picture, and acquiring, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffering the picture to be buffered include: 
     receiving a fourth control command sent by the control point, where the fourth control command carries a position of the first picture in the picture list; 
     acquiring, from the picture list according to the position of the first picture in the picture list, the URI of the first picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered; and 
     acquiring the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displaying the first picture, and acquiring, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffering the picture to be buffered. 
     The receiving a URI of a first picture and a URI of a picture to be buffered, which are sent by a control point includes: 
     receiving a fifth control command sent by the control point, where the fifth control command carries the URI of the first picture; and 
     receiving a sixth control command sent by the control point, where the sixth control command carries a picture list, where the picture list includes the URI of the picture to be buffered. 
     The acquiring the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displaying the first picture, and acquiring, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffering the picture to be buffered include: 
     acquiring the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displaying the first picture; and 
     acquiring, according to the picture list, the URI of the picture to be buffered, and acquiring and buffering the picture to be buffered. 
     The receiving a URI of a first picture and a URI of a picture to be buffered, which are sent by a control point includes: 
     receiving a seventh control command sent by the control point, where the seventh control command carries the URI of the first picture; 
     receiving an eighth control command sent by the control point, where the eighth control command carries a URI of a picture list; 
     sending a request for acquiring the picture list to the control point according to the URI of the picture list; and 
     receiving the picture list sent by the control point, where the picture list includes the URI of the picture to be buffered. 
     The acquiring the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displaying the first picture, and acquiring, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffering the picture to be buffered include: 
     acquiring the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displaying the first picture; and 
     acquiring, according to the picture list, the URI of the picture to be buffered, and acquiring and buffering the picture to be buffered. 
     After the acquiring the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displaying the first picture, and acquiring, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffering the picture to be buffered, the processor  1202  is further configured to execute the following operations: 
     receiving a ninth control command sent by the control point, and viewing, according to the ninth control command, whether a next picture adjacent to a picture currently displayed in the picture list is buffered, and if the next picture is buffered, displaying the next picture adjacent to the picture currently displayed in the picture list; or 
     receiving a tenth control command sent by the control point, and viewing, according to the tenth control command, whether a previous picture adjacent to a picture currently displayed in the picture list is buffered, and if the previous picture is buffered, displaying the previous picture adjacent to the picture currently displayed in the picture list; or 
     receiving an eleventh control command sent by the control point, where the eleventh control command carries a position of a second picture in the picture list, and viewing, according to the position, which is carried in the eleventh control command, of the second picture in the picture list, whether the second picture is buffered, and if the second picture is buffered, displaying the second picture. 
     After the acquiring the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displaying the first picture, and acquiring, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffering the picture to be buffered, the processor  1202  is further configured to execute the following operations: 
     receiving a twelfth control command sent by the control point, where the twelfth control command carries a position of a second picture in the picture list, and viewing, according to the position, which is carried in the twelfth control command, of the second picture in the picture list, whether the second picture is buffered, and if the second picture is buffered, displaying the second picture. 
     After the displaying, according to the ninth control command, the next picture adjacent to the picture currently displayed in the picture list, the processor  1202  is further configured to execute the following operations: 
     receiving a thirteenth control command sent by the control point, where the thirteenth control command carries URIs of a preset quantity of adjacent pictures after a last picture in the picture list; and 
     updating the picture list according to the URIs of the preset quantity of pictures, and acquiring and buffering the preset quantity of pictures. 
     After the displaying, according to the tenth control command, the previous picture adjacent to the picture currently displayed in the picture list, the processor  1202  is further configured to execute the following operations: 
     receiving a fourteenth control command sent by the control point, where the fourteenth control command carries URIs of a preset quantity of adjacent pictures before a foremost picture in the picture list; and 
     updating the picture list according to the URIs of the preset quantity of pictures, and acquiring and buffering the preset quantity of pictures. 
     After the acquiring the first picture according to the URI of the first picture, and displaying the first picture, and acquiring, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffering the picture to be buffered, the processor  1202  is further configured to execute the following operations: 
     receiving a URI of a second picture and the URI of the picture to be buffered, where the picture to be buffered is the preset quantity of pictures adjacent to the second picture or another picture in a folder in which the second picture is located except the second picture; and 
     acquiring the second picture according to the URI of the second picture, and displaying the second picture, and acquiring, according to the URI of the picture to be buffered, the picture to be buffered, and buffering the picture to be buffered. 
     In the embodiment of the present invention, a URI of a picture to be buffered is determined according to a first picture selected by a user, and URI of the first picture used for displaying and the picture to be buffered are sent to a media renderer, so that when acquiring and displaying the first picture, the media renderer acquires and buffers the picture to be buffered. When the user switches the selected picture, displaying may be performed instantly according to the buffered picture, which improves efficiency of displaying pictures. 
     The sequence numbers of the foregoing embodiments of the present invention are only used for description, and do not represent preference of the embodiments. 
     A person of ordinary skill in the art may understand that all or a part of the steps of the embodiments may be implemented by hardware or a program instructing relevant hardware. The program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The storage medium may include: a read-only memory, a magnetic disk, or an optical disc. 
     The foregoing descriptions are merely exemplary embodiments of the present invention, but are not intended to limit the present invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, and improvement made without departing from the principle of the present invention shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.