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CONTROL TERMINAL FOR GIVING CONTENT REPRODUCTION COMMAND, CONTENT RELAY DEVICE AND REMOTE CONTENT REPRODUCTION SYSTEM

  • US 20100082725A1
  • Filed: 09/24/2009
  • Published: 04/01/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A portable terminal for instructing a reproduction unit capable of reproducing a content to reproduce the content, comprising:

  • a means for connecting to a first local area network connected with the reproduction unit;

    a means for accepting a command from a user to connect to a second local area network and connecting to a second connection unit of the second local area network through a first connection unit of the first local area network using an address of the second connection unit stored in an address storage unit connected to an external network connected with the first connection unit to store the address of the second connection unit;

    a means for accepting a command from the user to display a list of remote contents held by a predetermined device in the second local area network and outputting a remote content list acquisition request to the second connection unit;

    a means for receiving, from the second connection unit, remote content list data including, for each remote content, location information containing a remote content identifier and a hash value indicating the completion of authentication and indicating the location of the remote content on the one hand and the name of the remote content on the other hand, and storing the remote content list data in a content information storage unit;

    a means for displaying a list of the content names included in the remote content list data stored in the content information storage unit; and

    a means for accepting, from the user, a reproduction command including the designation of the remote content to be reproduced and outputting, to the reproduction unit, a reproduction request containing the address of the second connection unit stored in the address storage unit and the location information of the remote content to be reproduced, stored in the content information storage unit.

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