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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2010
Hiroshi Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiko Enari, Kanagawa, JP;
Noboru Murabayashi, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic device includes: a communication unit to connect to a different device on a network, the different device storing contents; an output unit to connect to a display apparatus; a control unit; an operation input unit; and a reproduction unit. The control unit searches for contents stored in the different device on the network, generates a list of thumbnail images indicating the searched contents, estimates an error rate when each of the contents is received and reproduced, and outputs the list to the display apparatus, the control unit changing a state of each of the thumbnail images in the list according to the estimated error rate. The operation input unit receives reproduction instruction operation with respect to the content indicated by each of the thumbnail images. The reproduction unit receives the content, which is subjected to the reproduction instruction operation, from the different device, and reproduce the content.