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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2006
Tsutomu Ogasawara, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Ogasawara, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
In a content output apparatus which is connected to at least one content playback apparatus, lists of content which are respectively reproducible by the connected content playback apparatuses are acquired. When the acquired lists of the content are output in order for a user to select any of the listed content, the content playback apparatus capable of playing back the selected content is specified, and a playback instruction signal for instructing the specified content playback apparatus to play back the selected content is output so as to output a signal which is pertinent to the content played back by the content playback apparatus. As a result, the content output apparatus is more convenient to use.