METHOD FOR EDITING PLAYLIST AND MULTIMEDIA REPRODUCING APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME

• US 20090077482A1
• Filed: 02/27/2008
• Published: 03/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Kyung-min
• Granted Patent: US 8,316,322 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/765
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files

Abstract

A method for editing a playlist and a multimedia reproducing apparatus employing the same. The method for editing a playlist includes displaying a list including a plurality of content stored on a content reproducing apparatus, determining a content registration state indicating whether specific content on the list is registered in a playlist if a specific command is input during the displaying of the list, and displaying a menu including the content registration state. Accordingly, since a plurality of playlists is supported, the user can edit the playlist more diversely and more conveniently.

Claims

1. A method for editing a playlist, the method comprising:

displaying a list including a plurality of content;

determining a content registration state indicating whether specific content on the list is registered in a playlist, if a specific command is input during the displaying of the list; and

displaying a menu including the content registration state.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

if the specific content is not registered in the playlist, the displaying of the menu comprises displaying a menu including an item to add the specific content to the playlist (‘

Add to Playlist’

item); and

if the specific content is registered in the playlist, the displaying of the menu comprises displaying a menu including an item to delete the specific content from the playlist (‘

Delete from Playlist’

item).

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein, if a plurality of playlists are stored on the content reproducing apparatus and if the specific content is registered in one of the plurality of playlists and is not registered in another playlist, the displaying of the menu comprises displaying a menu including both the ‘

Add to Playlist’

item and the ‘

Delete from Playlist’

item.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein, if a command to select the ‘

Add to Playlist’

item is input, the displaying of the menu further comprises;

listing playlists where the specific content is not registered; and

displaying the list of playlists.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising registering the specific content in the selected playlist if a command to select at least one of the listed playlists is input.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein, if a command to select the ‘

Delete from Playlist’

item is input, the displaying of the menu further comprises;

listing playlists where the specific content is registered; and

displaying the list.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising deleting the specific content from the selected playlist if a command to select at least one of the listed playlists is input.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the specific content is content that is being reproduced at the time of inputting the specific command.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the specific content is content highlighted at the time of inputting the specific command.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein, if the specific content is an item within the playlist, the displaying of the menu comprises displaying a menu including an item to delete all content corresponding to the playlist.

20. A computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a content reproducing apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform a method according to claim 1.

11. A multimedia reproducing apparatus, comprising:

a display to display a list including a plurality of content;

a storage unit to store a plurality of playlists; and

a controller to determine a content registration state indicating whether specific content on the list is registered in one of the playlists, if a specific command is input during the displaying of the list, and to display a menu including the content registration state on the display.

12. The multimedia reproducing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein, if the specific content is not registered in one of the playlists, the controller displays on the display a menu including an item to add the specific content to the playlists where the content is not registered (‘

Add to Playlist’

item), and if the specific content is registered in one of the playlists, the controller displays on the display a menu including an item to delete the specific content from the playlists where the content is registered (‘

Delete from Playlist’

item).

13. The multimedia reproducing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein if the specific content is registered in one of the plurality of playlists and is not registered in others of the playlists, the controller displays on the display a menu including both the ‘

Add to Playlist’

item and the ‘

Delete from Playlist’

item.

14. The multimedia reproducing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein, if a command to select the ‘

Add to Playlist’

item is input, the controller lists the playlists where the specific content is not registered and displays the list of playlists on the display.

15. The multimedia reproducing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein, if a command to select at least one of the listed playlists is input, the controller registers the specific content in the selected playlist.

16. The multimedia reproducing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein, if a command to select the ‘

Delete from Playlist’

item is input, the controller lists the playlists where the specific content is registered and displays the list of playlists on the display.

17. The multimedia reproducing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein, if a command to select at least one of the listed playlists is input, the controller deletes the specific content from the selected playlist.

18. The multimedia reproducing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the specific content is content that is being reproduced at the time of inputting the specific command.

19. The multimedia reproducing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the specific content is content highlighted at the time of inputting the specific command.

21. A method of manipulating content stored in a content reproducing apparatus, comprising:

displaying a list of content stored on the content reproducing apparatus; and

displaying a menu based on a content registration state when a command is received while the list of content is displayed.