Patent ID: 8285114

Claim:
A display method for displaying an outline of video content data, comprising: executing an indexing process of analyzing audio data included in the video content data, and outputting, based on a result of the analyzing the audio data, section attribute information which specifies a start time point and an end time point of at least one predetermined attribute section of a plurality of attribute sections; extracting still images from the video content data; displaying, on a predetermined display area on a display screen, the extracted still images by arranging the extracted still images in line in an order of time of appearance of the extracted still images, such that a still image selected from the extracted still images is displayed with a first lateral width size and each of the other still images is displayed with a smaller lateral width size than the first lateral width size; displaying, on the display screen, a section bar including a bar area which is indicative of a position of the predetermined attribute section in a sequence of the video content data, on the basis of the section attribute information; specifying an image display position on the predetermined display area, where the still image extracted from the predetermined attribute section is displayed; and starting playback of moving picture data of the predetermined attribute section in the video content data, on the specified image display position on the predetermined display area, such that the moving picture data of the predetermined attribute section is displayed with the first lateral width size on the specified image display position, in a case where an event of requesting playback of the video content data of the predetermined attribute section is input.