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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2012
Toshihiko Munetsugu, Osaka, JP;
Yuka Ozawa, Osaka, JP;
Takuji Hiramoto, Osaka, JP;
Toru Kawaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Yahata, Osaka, JP;
Toshihiko Munetsugu, Osaka, JP;
Yuka Ozawa, Osaka, JP;
Takuji Hiramoto, Osaka, JP;
Toru Kawaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Yahata, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
To provide a content playback device capable of, when playing back a content distributed in a streaming format via a network whose view mode is selectable among a plurality of view modes, presenting to a user the switchability between the view modes, thereby to improve the user's convenience. The content playback device includes a reception unit that receives, from the content distribution system, control information indicating a plurality of view modes selectable for viewing the video content, a presentation unit that presents, to a user, the view modes as options of a view mode for viewing the video content, an input reception unit that receives an input selecting one view mode among the view modes from the user; and a request unit that requests the content distribution system to distribute the video content in the streaming format, by transmitting information indicating the selected view mode to the content distribution system.