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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2012
Manabu Nishizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kensaku Ishizuka, Tokyo, JP;
Masakazu Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an information processing apparatus, a cue playback decision unitdetermines, based on recording information acquired from a recording information storage unit in which a recorded content having a program recorded and the recording information of the recorded content are associated with each other, whether or not a recorded content of a playback target is a recorded content whose recording is started prior to starting time of the program and which is to be played back by cue playback. A time confirmation unitacquires, when it is determined that the recorded content is a recorded content to be played back by cue playback, recording starting time included in the recording information of the recorded content of the playback target from the recording information storage unit. A skip time acquisition unitdetermines, based on the number of seconds of the recording starting time acquired by the time confirmation unit, a period of time to be skipped upon cue playback of the recorded content of the playback target.