CONTENT REPRODUCTION DEVICE
First Claim
1. A content reproduction device, which is to be connected to a watching/listening history management server, comprising:
- content reproduction means for reproducing a content;
discontinued state information transmission means for transmitting, when reproduction of the content is discontinued, discontinued state information indicating a reproduction state of the content at a time point of the discontinuation to the watching/listening history management server; and
discontinued state information reception means for receiving the discontinued state information stored in the watching/listening history management server from the watching/listening history management server,wherein the content reproduction means starts the reproduction of the content from a state determined based on the received discontinued state information.
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Abstract
Provided is a content reproduction device which enables a user watching or listening to a content on a given content reproduction device to discontinue the watching thereof or listening thereto and then easily resume the watching of the same content or listening thereto from a discontinued state on another content reproduction device. When reproduction of a content is discontinued, discontinued state information indicating a reproduction state of the content at a time point of the discontinuation is transmitted to a watching/listening history management server (20) and the discontinued state information stored in the watching/listening history management server (20) is received from the watching/listening history management server (20), and the reproduction of the content is started from a state determined based on the received discontinued state information.
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11 Claims
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1. A content reproduction device, which is to be connected to a watching/listening history management server, comprising:
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content reproduction means for reproducing a content; discontinued state information transmission means for transmitting, when reproduction of the content is discontinued, discontinued state information indicating a reproduction state of the content at a time point of the discontinuation to the watching/listening history management server; and discontinued state information reception means for receiving the discontinued state information stored in the watching/listening history management server from the watching/listening history management server, wherein the content reproduction means starts the reproduction of the content from a state determined based on the received discontinued state information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A content reproduction system, comprising:
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a plurality of content reproduction devices; and a watching/listening history management server, wherein; each of the plurality of content reproduction devices comprises; content reproduction means for reproducing a content; and discontinued state information transmission means for transmitting, when reproduction of the content is discontinued, discontinued state information indicating a reproduction state of the content at a time point of the discontinuation to the watching/listening history management server; the watching/listening history management server comprises storage means for storing the discontinued state information received from the each of the plurality of content reproduction devices; the each of the plurality of content reproduction devices further comprises discontinued state information reception means for receiving the discontinued state information from the watching/listening history management server; and the content reproduction means starts the reproduction of the content from a state determined based on the received discontinued state information.
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10. A content reproduction method, which uses a content reproduction device to be connected to a watching/listening history management server, comprising the steps of:
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reproducing a content; transmitting, when reproduction of the content is discontinued, discontinued state information indicating a reproduction state of the content at a time point of the discontinuation to the watching/listening history management server; and receiving the discontinued state information stored in the watching/listening history management server from the watching/listening history management server, wherein the step of reproducing a content comprises starting the reproduction of the content from a state determined based on the received discontinued state information.
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11. A computer-readable information storage medium having a program stored thereon for causing a computer to be connected to a watching/listening history management server to function as:
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content reproduction means for reproducing a content; discontinued state information transmission means for transmitting, when reproduction of the content is discontinued, discontinued state information indicating a reproduction state of the content at a time point of the discontinuation to the watching/listening history management server; and discontinued state information reception means for receiving the discontinued state information stored in the watching/listening history management server from the watching/listening history management server, wherein the content reproduction means starts the reproduction of the content from a state determined based on the received discontinued state information.
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