Patent ID: 8839108

Claim:
A method for setting a section of a multimedia file in a mobile device, the method comprising: selecting a multimedia file; playing the selected multimedia file; activating a section selection function of the multimedia file while the selected multimedia file is playing, where the playing of the multimedia file continues when the section selection function is activated; displaying a section selection mark for selecting a section, wherein the section selection mark is displayed at a position on a progress bar indicating a total play time of the multimedia file; and selecting a section of the multimedia file according to a position of the section selection mark along the progress bar, wherein the displaying of the section selection mark includes: initially displaying, at a current play position in response to the activation of the section selection function, a start mark indicating a start position of the section and an end mark indicating an end position of the section; fixing the start mark at the play position corresponding to the current play position when the section selection function is activated unless a touch and drag event occurs on the start mark; updating the current play position along the progress bar according to the playing of the multimedia file; moving the end mark according to the updated current play position of the multimedia file until an end mark selection event occurs; and outputting a time display box that represents time information corresponding to a position of the start mark and a position of the end mark.