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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2008
Tatsuo Kuroiwa, Tokyo, JP;
Masachika Sasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Fujimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisashi Hosaka, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuo Kuroiwa, Tokyo, JP;
Masachika Sasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Fujimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisashi Hosaka, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a content metadata obtaining unit configured to obtain content metadata; a determination unit configured to determine the category of the content metadata; an editing unit configured to edit the content metadata so that, when text data of the content metadata is to be reproduced on the basis of the category of the content metadata determined by the determination unit, information on a predetermined link destination is displayed in response to a predetermined operation being performed on the reproduced text data; a reproduction unit configured to reproduce the text data of the content metadata in synchronization with the reproduction of the content; and a display unit configured to display the information on the link destination on the basis of the content metadata edited by the editing unit when the predetermined operation is performed on the text data of the content metadata reproduced by the reproduction unit.