Patent ID: 7805681

Claim:
A method of generating an interactive audiovisual library having thumbnail images that represent plural audiovisual files graphically representing an audiovisual file with a thumbnail image, each audiovisual file used to store audiovisual content, comprising: generating a thumbnail image for each of the plural audiovisual files by: analyzing data related to the audiovisual file for each of plural data categories relating to the content of the audiovisual file, each data category associated with a portion of a thumbnail template; for each data category, identifying at least one of a graphic or a graphical attribute based on the data analysis; and generating the thumbnail image by applying the identified at least one graphic or graphical attribute for each data category to the associated portion of the thumbnail template, wherein each graphic or ,graphical attribute visually represents a corresponding property of the audiovisual file to a user; and displaying the thumbnails in a directory as an interactive audiovisual library of the audiovisual content stored by the audiovisual files, each thumbnail displayed in the directory configured to provided access to the corresponding audiovisual file; and wherein the portions of the thumbnail template include a background and at least one sub-icon overlaid with respect to the background.