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Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011

Filed:

Aug. 28, 2006
Applicants:

Takeshi Toyama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Hiroyasu Ito, Tokyo, JP;

Makoto Kobayashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Kyohei Inukai, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Takeshi Toyama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Hiroyasu Ito, Tokyo, JP;

Makoto Kobayashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Kyohei Inukai, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/92 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Content managed as a content directory is allowed to be selected from a playback apparatus on a network and the playback apparatus is allowed to play back the content. If playback of the content is suspended, the position at which playback was suspended is stored. This content is set in the content directory as virtual content. If this virtual content is selected, playback of the virtual content is resumed from the position at which suspension occurred.


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