Patent ID: 8605308

Claim:
A method of controlling a slide show function in a display device connected to at least one external device, comprising: reading additional information from a selected external device, wherein the read additional information is data for at least one or more still image files to which the slide show function is applied; grouping the at least one or more still image files into at least two main groups using the read additional information, wherein a first main group is grouped by date information and a second main group is grouped by Global Positioning System (GPS) information according to the read additional information, wherein the first main group is classified by at least two sub groups, and the second main group is classified by at least two sub groups; selecting one of the sub groups; displaying at least one or more still image file included in the selected sub group; executing the slide show function with regard to the selected sub group; receiving a specific key input to change from the selected sub group to the other sub group, wherein the other sub group is different from the selected sub group; and displaying at least one or more still image file included in the other sub group ongoing the slide show function without displaying the at least one or more still image file included in the selected sub group after received the specific key input during executing the slide show function with regard to the selected sub group, and wherein the selected sub group and the other sub group are included in the same main group.