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DATA OUTPUT DEVICE, EQUIPMENT CONTROL DEVICE, AND MULTIMEDIA DELIVERY SYSTEM

  • US 20090300231A1
  • Filed: 12/06/2006
  • Published: 12/03/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A data output device which outputs multimedia data that includes at least one of video and audio, said data output device comprising:

  • a receiving unit operable to receive a signal from an external device;

    an accumulation unit operable to accumulate the multimedia data;

    a readout unit operable to read out the multimedia data from said accumulation unit;

    an output unit operable to output the multimedia data to a designated output destination;

    a storage unit operable to store the multimedia data for which output by said output unit has been paused and resume position information which shows a position for resuming output of the multimedia data; and

    a control unit operable togenerate the resume position information and to cause said storage unit to store the generated resume position information when a pause request, which is a request to pause output by said output unit, is received by said receiving unit, andto read out the resume position information from said storage unit, to cause said readout unit to read out the multimedia data, starting from the resume position shown by the resume position information, from said accumulation unit and to cause said output unit to output the read-out multimedia data to the output destination, when a resume request which is a request to resume output by said output unit is received by said receiving unit.

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