Patent ID: 8538952

Claim:
An apparatus to search content in a multimedia device, the apparatus comprising: a content storage unit configured to store the content; a metadata storage unit configured to store metadata of the stored content; a content arrangement unit configured to arrange the stored content according to an arrangement standard from among a plurality of arrangement standards, each arrangement standard, from among the plurality of arrangement standards, corresponding to a respective category of metadata of the stored content, and the plurality of arrangement standards comprising different arrangement standards based on whether the stored content is an image, music, or a moving image; a user input unit configured to receive an input of a current arrangement standard from among the plurality of arrangement standards; and a user interface provision unit configured to provide a user interface configured to display the arranged content, wherein the content arrangement unit is further configured to arrange the stored content according to the current arrangement standard and the metadata, to extract identification information of base content when arranging the stored content, and, in response to the current arrangement standard being changed, to rearrange the stored content around the base content.