AUDIO OUTPUTTING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM OF THE SAME
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1. An audio output apparatus, comprising:
- a media renderer for obtaining and reproducing a content of a server based on a control command transmitted from a controller according to a user'"'"'s operation; and
a media player for obtaining and reproducing the content of the server based on an instruction input by the user, whereinthe media renderer includes a unit for receiving location information of the content of the server from the controller and obtaining the content from the server based on the location information so as to reproduce the content,the media player includesa unit for obtaining a content list of the server selected by the user'"'"'s operation,a reproducing unit for obtaining the content selected from the content list by the user'"'"'s operation from the server so as to reproduce the content,a unit for accepting an identical content reproducing instruction that is an instruction for reproducing the content identical to the content being reproduced by the media renderer,a content information obtaining unit for obtaining, from the media renderer, content information of the content being reproduced by the media renderer when the identical content reproducing instruction is accepted, andan identical content specifying unit for searching the content list for a content identical to the content being reproducing by the media renderer based on the content information and specifying a position of the content in the content list, andthe reproducing unit reproduces the content specified by the identical content specifying unit.
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Abstract
When a media player reproduces a content identical to a content being reproduced by a renderer, the media player obtains, from the media renderer, content information of the content being reproduced by the media renderer. The media player then obtains a content list from a server, and specifies a content having content information identical to content information received from the media renderer as well as its position in the content list. As a result, a user can specify the content being reproduced by the media renderer, and can start reproduction without operating the media player and searching for the content.
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1. An audio output apparatus, comprising:
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a media renderer for obtaining and reproducing a content of a server based on a control command transmitted from a controller according to a user'"'"'s operation; and a media player for obtaining and reproducing the content of the server based on an instruction input by the user, wherein the media renderer includes a unit for receiving location information of the content of the server from the controller and obtaining the content from the server based on the location information so as to reproduce the content, the media player includes a unit for obtaining a content list of the server selected by the user'"'"'s operation, a reproducing unit for obtaining the content selected from the content list by the user'"'"'s operation from the server so as to reproduce the content, a unit for accepting an identical content reproducing instruction that is an instruction for reproducing the content identical to the content being reproduced by the media renderer, a content information obtaining unit for obtaining, from the media renderer, content information of the content being reproduced by the media renderer when the identical content reproducing instruction is accepted, and an identical content specifying unit for searching the content list for a content identical to the content being reproducing by the media renderer based on the content information and specifying a position of the content in the content list, and the reproducing unit reproduces the content specified by the identical content specifying unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of an audio output apparatus, the audio output apparatus comprising:
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a media renderer for obtaining and reproducing a content of a server based on a control command transmitted from a controller according to a user'"'"'s operation; and a media player for obtaining and reproducing the content of the server based on an instruction input by the user, the method includes; a step for receiving location information of the content of the server from the controller and obtaining the content from the server based on the location information so as to reproduce the content in the media renderer, a step for obtaining a content list of the server selected by the user'"'"'s operation in the media player, a reproducing step for obtaining the content selected from the content list by the user'"'"'s operation from the server so as to reproduce the content in the media player, a step for accepting an identical content reproducing instruction that is an instruction for reproducing the content identical to the content being reproduced by the media renderer in the media player, a content information obtaining step for obtaining, from the media renderer, content information of the content being reproduced by the media renderer when the identical content reproducing instruction is accepted in the media player, and an identical content specifying step for searching the content list for a content identical to the content being reproducing by the media renderer based on the content information and specifying a position of the content in the content list in the media player, and the reproducing step reproduces the content specified by the identical content specifying step.
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