Patent ID: 7702854

Claim:
An apparatus for processing information, comprising: a memory configured to store a plurality of content items and a metadata element associated with each of the content items including at least time information; a cache processor configured to fetch from the memory a first content item and a first metadata element, including a first time information, associated with the first content item, and to store the first content item and the first metadata element at a cache memory; the cache processor further configured to fetch metadata elements indicating time information immediately prior to and subsequent to the first time information of the first metadata element, and to store the metadata elements and the content items associated with the metadata elements at the cache memory; a display controller configured to display on the display the metadata elements of the content items from the cache memory, the metadata elements being arranged in accordance with time information; a selection operator configured to receive a selection of metadata elements corresponding to a content item desired to be processed, out of the metadata elements displayed; and a content processor configured to fetch from the cache memory the content item corresponding to the metadata element selected by the selection operator in response to a metadata element selection received by the selection operator, the content processor further configured to perform a process responsive to the fetched content item.