Patent ID: 7853897

Claim:
An information processing apparatus that controls display of a graphical user interface image including indexes that allow a user to select the entirety or part of an image content piece, comprising: control means, including a processor, (i) for controlling display of a first graphical user interface image including an index of each of at least one image content piece, wherein the at least one image content piece includes a predetermined group of image content items and moving picture content and wherein the index is a group thumbnail image corresponding to the predetermined group of image content items; and (ii) for controlling a display of a second graphical user interface image including face thumbnail images, which serve as indexes that allow the user to select the entirety or part of an image content piece corresponding to an index selected from the first graphical user interface image by the user, the face thumbnail images corresponding to faces detected from the entirety or part of the image content piece, wherein a face detected from each of at least one portion of the moving picture content is a face different from a face detected in another portion; and (iii) when an index of the moving picture content is selected from the first graphical user interface image by the user, for controlling display of the second graphical user interface image including at least one face thumbnail image as an index of each of the at least one portion of the moving picture content, the at least one face thumbnail image corresponding to the face detected from each of the at least one portion.