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Granted Patent B2
US 9,325,931 · App. 13/868,686 · Granted Apr 26, 2016

Content display-playback system, content display-playback method, recording medium having content display-playback program recorded thereon, and operation control apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,325,931
App. No.
13/868,686
Granted
Apr 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A content display-playback system includes at least one server that distributes audio-visual content via streaming, and at least one client that plays back, by streaming, the content distributed via streaming from the server, and the server and client are connected. The client beforehand makes settings regarding a client operation to be performed for submitting a streaming distribution request to the server to perform playback by streaming

Claims (30)

1. An operation control apparatus comprising:

an interface configured to receive an operation input via a graphical menu defining at least a throw operation and a catch operation, wherein (i) the throw operation is an operation of distributing a content from a content providing apparatus to a display-playback apparatus after selection of the content by the operation control apparatus and (ii) the catch operation is an operation of switching display and playback from the display-playback apparatus to the operation control apparatus;

a communication interface configured to communicate with the display-playback apparatus; and

a processor configured to control playback of content by the display-playback apparatus from a last playback position of content played back by the operation control apparatus when the interface receives the operation input, wherein

the communication interface is configured to receive content from the content providing apparatus, which is connected, via a network, to each of the operation control apparatus and the display-playback apparatus, and

the processor is configured to control the communication interface to send data instructing the content providing apparatus to output the content from the last playback position of the content played back by the operation control apparatus when the interface receives the operation input.

2. The operation control apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to control the communication interface to send data to the display-playback apparatus indicating the last playback position of the content played back by the operation control apparatus when the interface receives the operation input.

3. The operation control apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a display is configured to display the content played back by the operation control apparatus, and the processor is configured to control the display to end the playback of the content when the interface receives the operation input.

4. The operation control apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to control the communication interface to send a signal to the display-playback apparatus requesting a status of the display-playback apparatus when the interface receives the operation input.

5. The operation control apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to control the communication interface to send a signal to the display-playback apparatus instructing the display-playback apparatus to display a message indicating that an operation has been requested when the interface receives the operation input.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer program instructions, which when executed by an operation control apparatus, cause the operation control apparatus to perform a method comprising:

receiving an operation input via a graphical menu defining at least a throw operation and a catch operation, wherein (i) the throw operation is an operation of distributing a content from a content providing apparatus to a display-playback apparatus after selection of the content by the operation control apparatus and (ii) the catch operation is an operation of switching display and playback from the display-playback apparatus to the operation control apparatus;

communicating with the display-playback apparatus;

controlling playback of content by the display-playback apparatus from a last playback position of content played back by the operation control apparatus when the operation input is received;

receiving content from the content providing apparatus, which is connected, via a network, to each of the operation control apparatus and the display-playback apparatus; and

sending data instructing the content providing apparatus to output the content from the last playback position of the content played back by the operation control apparatus when the operation input is received.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , further comprising:

sending data to the display-playback apparatus indicating the last playback position of the content played back by the operation control apparatus when the operation input is received.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , further comprising:

ending the playback of content when the input operation is received.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , further comprising:

sending a signal to the display-playback apparatus requesting a status of the display-playback apparatus when the input operation is received.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , further comprising:

sending a signal to the display-playback apparatus instructing the display-playback apparatus to display a message indicating that an operation has been requested when the input operation is received.

11. A method performed by an operation control apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving an operation input via a graphical menu defining at least a throw operation and a catch operation, wherein (i) the throw operation is an operation of distributing a content from a content providing apparatus to a display-playback apparatus after selection of the content by the operation control apparatus and (ii) the catch operation is an operation of switching display and playback from the display-playback apparatus to the operation control apparatus;

communicating with the display-playback apparatus;

controlling playback of content by the display-playback apparatus from a last playback position of content played back by the operation control apparatus when the operation input is received;

receiving content from the content providing apparatus, which is connected, via a network, to each of the operation control apparatus and the display-playback apparatus, and

sending data instructing the content providing apparatus to output the content from the last playback position of the content played back by the operation control apparatus when the operation input is received.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
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