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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2012
Yuka Ozawa, Osaka, JP;
Toru Kawaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiko Munetsugu, Osaka, JP;
Takuji Hiramoto, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Yahata, Osaka, JP;
Yuka Ozawa, Osaka, JP;
Toru Kawaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiko Munetsugu, Osaka, JP;
Takuji Hiramoto, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Yahata, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A content playback device reduces user discomfort, relative to conventional devices, when playback is interrupted and resumed after switching viewing modes, pieces of content representing different viewing modes for a common product, and differing in video length or having other differences. The content playback device receives and plays back streaming content from a content server delivering two pieces of content having different viewing modes for the common product, and comprises: a selection unit selecting a viewing mode; a determination unit determining whether playback of a first piece of content not having the selected viewing mode was interrupted; a conversion unit converting, when the determination unit has determined affirmatively, a playback interrupt position into a corresponding position in a second piece of content having the selected viewing mode; and a request unit making a request to the content server for transmission of the second piece of content from the corresponding position.