Patent ID: 8782048

Claim:
A method of displaying an adaptive album art for a portable terminal, comprising the steps of: determining whether the album art corresponding to at least one sound data exists based on reading of a meta data frame received therein; classifying and storing the sound data by meta data items included in the meta data frame if the album art exists; extracting an image file from a plurality of image files of the album art of the sound data classified by the meta data items; superimposing the extracted image file onto a preset changeable disc album art having a predetermined shape for display; wherein when the album art corresponding to the least one sound data does not exist or the meta data frame is erroneous or cannot be read, receiving a user-input image or retrieving a plurality of image files from storage for a subsequent user selection; and transferring a user-selected image file to the meta data frame in which the album art does not exist, wherein the meta data frame includes ID3 tag information added to the at least one sound data and wherein a shape of the changeable disc album art comprises a plurality of shapes corresponding to an extracted image.