Method and apparatus for displaying icon of multimedia file, and recording medium thereof

• US 8,234,590 B2
• Filed: 01/08/2009
• Issued: 07/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Yen, Chia-Fu
• Primary Examiner(s): Stevens, Robert
• Assistant Examiner(s): TANK, ANDREW L
• Application Number:
  US12/350,923
• Publication Number:
  US 20100122217A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,300 Days
• Field of Search: 715835-839, 715846-847, 715/705, 715/708, 715/771, 715/815
• US Class Current: 715/836
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for displaying an icon of a multimedia file on a user interface, and a recording medium thereof are provided. In the present method, a file quality grade of the multimedia file is obtained first. A resolution of the icon of the multimedia file is subsequently adjusted according to the file quality grade and the adjusted icon is displayed on the user interface. As a result, the user can quickly determine the quality of the multimedia file by determining whether the icon is clear or not, thereby more conveniently opening the multimedia file that meets the file quality requirement.

Claims

1. A method for displaying an icon of a multimedia file on a user interface, the method comprising:

determining a file quality grade of the multimedia file; and

wherein the step of determining the file quality grade of the multimedia file comprises;

identifying a multimedia file type of the multimedia file;

obtaining a file information relative to the multimedia file type; and

comparing the file information to at least one of a plurality of file quality grade classification thresholds to determine the file quality grade corresponding to the file information;

wherein the file quality grade comprises a plurality of discrete file information categories with each category having a different quality range of the file information; and

adjusting and displaying the icon according to the file quality grade.

2. The method for displaying an icon of a multimedia file according to claim 1, wherein before the step of determining the file quality grade of the multimedia file, the method further comprises:

providing a file;

determining whether the file is the multimedia file;

directly displaying the icon of the file if the file is not the multimedia file; and

analyzing the file to initiate determining of the file quality grade if the file is the multimedia file.

3. The method for displaying an icon of a multimedia file according to claim 1, wherein the step of adjusting and displaying the icon according to the file quality grade comprises:

adjusting a resolution of the icon according to the file quality grade; and

displaying the adjusted icon on the user interface.

4. The method for displaying an icon of a multimedia file according to claim 1, wherein the multimedia file type comprises one of an audio file, a video file and an image file.

5. The method for displaying an icon of a multimedia file according to claim 1, wherein the file information comprises one of a bitrate and a pixel.

6. An apparatus for displaying an icon of a multimedia file, comprising:

a display for presenting a user interface; and

a processor coupled to the display, the processor comprising;

a quality grade classification module for determining a file quality grade of the multimedia file by identifying a multimedia file type of the multimedia file, obtaining a file information relative to the multimedia file type, and comparing the file information to at least one of a plurality of file quality grade classification thresholds to determine the file quality grade corresponding to the file information;

wherein the file quality grade comprises a plurality of discrete file information categories with each category having a different quality range of the file information; and

an icon displaying module coupled to the quality grade classification module for adjusting the icon of the multimedia file and displaying the icon on the user interface.

7. The apparatus for displaying an icon of a multimedia file according to claim 6, wherein the processor further comprises a multimedia file identification module coupled to the quality grade classification module and the icon displaying module for determining whether the file is the multimedia file, when the multimedia file identification module determines the file is not the multimedia file, the icon displaying module directly displays the icon corresponding to the file, when the multimedia file identification module determines the file is the multimedia file, the quality grade classification module analyzes the file to initiate determining of the file quality grade.

8. The apparatus for displaying an icon of a multimedia file according to claim 6, wherein the icon displaying module adjusts a resolution of the icon according to the file quality grade and displays the adjusted icon on the user interface.

9. The apparatus for displaying an icon of a multimedia file according to claim 6, wherein the multimedia file type comprises one of an audio file, a video file and an image file.

10. The apparatus for displaying an icon of a multimedia file according to claim 6, wherein the file information comprises one of a bitrate and a pixel.

11. A storage medium for storing a computer program, the computer program comprising a plurality of program codes to be loaded to an electronic device to enable the electronic device to execute a method for displaying an icon of a multimedia file, the method comprising:

determining a file quality grade of the multimedia file; and

adjusting and displaying the icon on a user interface according to the file quality grade;

wherein the step of determining a file quality grade of the multimedia file comprises;

identifying a multimedia file type of the multimedia file;

obtaining a file information relative to the multimedia file type; and

comparing the file information to at least one of a plurality of file quality grade classification thresholds to determine the file quality grade corresponding to the file information;

wherein the file quality grade comprises a plurality of discrete file information categories with each category having a different quality range of the file information.

12. The storage medium according to claim 11, wherein before the step of determining the file quality grade of the multimedia file, the method further comprises:

providing a file;

determining whether the file is the multimedia file;

directly displaying the icon of the file if the file is not the multimedia file; and

analyzing the file to initiate determining of the file quality grade if the file is the multimedia file.

13. The storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the step of adjusting and displaying the icon according to the file quality grade comprises:

adjusting a resolution of the icon according to the file quality grade; and

displaying the adjusted icon on the user interface.

14. The storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the multimedia file type comprises one of an audio file, a video file and an image file.

15. The storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the file information comprises one of a bitrate and a pixel.