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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2010
Kumi Harada, Osaka, JP;
Noriyo Hara, Tokyo, JP;
Kumi Harada, Osaka, JP;
Noriyo Hara, Tokyo, JP;
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
A content playback apparatus () includes: a viewing target content obtaining unit () obtaining the viewing target content; a viewer detecting unit () detecting a first viewer who views the viewing target content played back by the content playback apparatus; a viewer content selecting unit () selecting, from among viewer contents, a viewer content having a matching degree higher than a predetermined threshold, the matching degree indicating an amount of common points between the first viewer detected by the viewer detecting unit and a second viewer who views a same content as the viewing target content under temporally or spatially a different condition, and each of the viewer contents including information of video or sound of the second viewer; and a content playback unit () playing back the viewing target content obtained by the viewing target content obtaining unit and the viewer content selected by the viewer content selecting unit.