Patent ID: 8718708

Claim:
A method, comprising: displaying an image play control on a display of a mobile terminal, the image play control comprising a progress bar and a progress time associated with play of an image; controlling play of the image in the mobile terminal such that the image is displayed only on an external device and only the image play control is displayed on the display of the mobile terminal when the external device is connected to the mobile terminal; when the external device is not connected to the mobile terminal while the image is being played in the mobile terminal, displaying the image being played in the mobile terminal on the display of the mobile terminal; and in response to the mobile terminal being connected to the external device while the image is being played in the mobile terminal, displaying the image being played in the mobile terminal on the external device and displaying the image play control on the display of the mobile terminal without displaying the image being played in the mobile terminal on the display of the mobile terminal.