Patent ID: 8924895

Claim:
A method for an electronic device, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a screen saving signal; extracting a single picture image from a video file saved in a storage device associated with the electronic device in response to receipt of the screen saving signal, wherein the single picture image is an I-frame and the video file is an MPEG file; converting the extracted picture image to a format compatible with a display driver of a display associated with the electronic device; performing in response to receipt of the screen saving signal a screen saving function using the extracted single picture image so as to display the extracted single picture image on a display associated with the electronic device; and repeating the steps of extracting, converting, and performing until a screen saving end signal is received, wherein a user preference determines whether to repeat extracting a single picture image from a random location of the video file, sequential locations of the video file, or a combination of random and sequential locations of the video file.