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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
May. 03, 2012
Yoshihito Ohki, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiko Hishinuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryohei Morimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Junya Ono, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihito Ohki, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiko Hishinuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryohei Morimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Junya Ono, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a playback device including a content playback unit configured to playback content, a playlist acquisition unit configured to acquire, while the playback unit is playing back the content on the basis of a playlist, at least one external playlist from outside, the external playlist having at least two pieces of content that are common to content in the playlist and having a matching playback order of at least the two consecutive pieces of content, and a playlist display unit configured to display the playlist and the external playlist acquired by the playlist acquisition unit such that the playlists are linked at positions of the consecutive matching pieces of content.