CONTENT PROVIDING METHOD, CONTENT PROVIDING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM STORED IN RECORDING MEDIUM FOR EXECUTING THE CONTENT PROVIDING METHOD

1 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:

obtaining a first input with respect to a first thumbnail image displayed on a display;

displaying, on the display, a first enlarged image corresponding to the first thumbnail image according to the first input;

obtaining a second input with respect to a second thumbnail image, wherein the second input is continuative to the first input; and

updating the first enlarged image displayed on the display to a second enlarged image corresponding to the second thumbnail image.

2 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein,

the operations further include,

displaying the first thumbnail image and the second thumbnail image in a first display region, and

determining the second input based on the first display region,

the displaying of the first enlarged image includes displaying the first enlarged image in a second display region, and

the updating of the first enlarged image includes displaying the second enlarged image in the second display region.

3 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the operations include,

displaying the second display region to overlap the first display region, and

displaying the first enlarged image or the second enlarged image, which is displayed in the second display region, in a region where the first and second display regions overlap.

4 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the operations further include,

obtaining a third input with respect to the second thumbnail image, wherein the third input is continuative to the second input; and

displaying, in the first display region, at least a part of second content according to the third input,

wherein the second content corresponds to content corresponding to the second thumbnail image or the second enlarged image.

5 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the operations further include,

displaying a third thumbnail image in the first display region,

obtaining a fourth input with respect to the third thumbnail image, wherein the fourth input is continuative to the second input;

updating the second enlarged image displayed in the second display region to a third enlarged image corresponding to the third thumbnail image;

obtaining a third input with respect to the third thumbnail image, wherein the third input is continuative to the fourth input; and

displaying, in the first display region, at least a part of third content according to the third input,

wherein the third content corresponds to content corresponding to the third thumbnail image or the third enlarged image, and

the obtaining of the fourth input and the updating to the third enlarged image is repeatedly performed.

6 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 4 , wherein the operations further include setting the second display region to be a blank.

7 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , wherein the second content is one of a picture, a video, text, and a document.

8 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the first thumbnail image and the second thumbnail image are each one of a thumbnail image of the picture, a scene in the video, an image including a part of the text, and an image of a part of the document.

9 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 4 , wherein the third input is an input on the display displaying the first display region and the second display region, and is one of an input including a plurality of different touch pressures, an input moving in one direction at at least a first speed, an input in which a plurality of inputs are repeated within a first time period, and an input continued for a first period of time.

10 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the first input is an input on the display displaying the first display region and the second display region, and is one of an input including a plurality of different touch pressures and an input continued for a first period of time.

11 . A content providing method comprising:

obtaining a first input with respect to a first thumbnail image displayed on a display;

displaying, on the display, a first enlarged image corresponding to the first thumbnail image according to the first input;

obtaining a second input with respect to a second thumbnail image, wherein the second input is continuative to the first input; and

updating the first enlarged image displayed on the display to a second enlarged image corresponding to the second thumbnail image.

12 . The content providing method of claim 11 , further comprising:

displaying the first thumbnail image and the second thumbnail image in a first display region; and

determining the second input based on the first display region,

the displaying of the first enlarged image including displaying the first enlarged image in a second display region, and

the updating of the first enlarged image including displaying the second enlarged image in the second display region.

13 . The content providing method of claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining a third input with respect to the second thumbnail image, wherein the third input is continuative to the second input; and

displaying, in the first display region, at least a part of second content according to the third input,

wherein the second content corresponds to content corresponding to the second thumbnail image or the second enlarged image.

14 . The content providing method of claim 12 , further comprising:

displaying a third thumbnail image in the first display region;

obtaining a fourth input with respect to the third thumbnail image, wherein the fourth input is continuative to the second input;

updating the second enlarged image displayed in the second display region to a third enlarged image corresponding to the third thumbnail image;

obtaining a third input with respect to the third thumbnail image, wherein the third input is continuative to the fourth input; and

displaying, in the first display region, at least a part of third content according to the third input,

wherein the third content corresponds to content corresponding to the third thumbnail image or the third enlarged image, and

the obtaining of the fourth input and the updating to the third enlarged image is repeatedly performed.

15 . The content providing method of claim 14 , further comprising: setting the second display region to be a blank.

16 . A content providing apparatus comprising:

a controller configured to,

receive, from a user terminal, information about a first input with respect to a first thumbnail image displayed on a display of the user terminal,

provide, to the user terminal, a first enlarged image corresponding to the first thumbnail image by referring to the information about the first input,

receive information about a second input with respect to a second thumbnail image displayed on the display, wherein the second input is continuative to the first input, and

provide, to the user terminal, a second enlarged image corresponding to the second thumbnail image by referring to the information about the second input.

17 . The content providing apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the controller is further configured to,

receive information about a third input of the user with respect to the second thumbnail image displayed on the display, wherein the third input is continuative to the second input; and

provide, to the user terminal, second content by referring to the information about the third input,

wherein the second content is content corresponding to the second thumbnail image or the second enlarged image.

18 . The content providing apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the controller is further configured to,

receive information about a fourth input with respect to a third thumbnail image displayed on the display, wherein the fourth input is continuative to the second input;

provide, to the user terminal a third enlarged image corresponding to the third thumbnail image by referring to the information about the fourth input;

receive information about a third input with respect to the third thumbnail image displayed on the display, wherein the third input is continuative to the fourth input; and

provide, to the user terminal, third content by referring to the information about the third input,

wherein the third content corresponds to the third thumbnail image or the third enlarged image, and

the receiving of the information about the fourth input and the providing of the third enlarged image are repeatedly performed.

19 . The content providing apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the third input is an input on the display of the user terminal, and is one of an input including a plurality of different touch pressures, an input moving in one direction at at least a first speed, an input in which a plurality of inputs are repeated within a first time, and an input continued for a first period of time.

20 . The content providing apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the first input is an input on the display of the user terminal, and is one of an input including a plurality of different touch pressures and an input continued for a first period of time.