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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
May. 21, 2014
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kosei Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Miyajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Takatoshi Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masamichi Asukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Masafumi Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuru Takehara, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiro Terauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A player device uses playlists having names of contents. Users can update the playlists via network. The player device includes a storage device for storing digital data of the contents, a reception/reception circuit for downloading playlists, a display for displaying the titles of contents included in the playlists, a pointing device for specifying displayed titles, a circuit for retrieving digital data from the storage device in the event that digital data of a content specified by the pointing device is stored within the storage device, and an output circuit for outputting the retrieved digital data.