Method for playback of stored or broadcast content based on predicted location and/or attributes

1. A terminal apparatus comprising:

a storage section that stores stored content;

a content receiving section that receives content by broadcast or communication;

a received content storage section that stores received content;

a playback section that plays back said stored content or said received content;

a playback control section that controls said playback section to switch between playing back said stored content and playing back said received content;

a content list management section that manages a content list storing at least one or more combinations of an address of content relating to a location within a predetermined area, and said location;

a location detection section that detects current location information; and

a received content determination section that determines content that should be received from said content list based on said current location information;

wherein said content receiving section receives content relating to a current location determined by said received content determination section; and

said playback control section controls said playback section to switch between playing back said received content and playing back said stored content.

2. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

said location detection section detects a direction of movement or speed of movement of an apparatus main unit; and

said received content determination section predicts a playback time of day of content received by said content receiving section from a playback time period of content being played back by said playback section, and determines content relating to a movement destination location of an apparatus main unit at said predicted playback time of day to be content that should be received.

3. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an attribute output section that records attribute information indicating an interest of a user and outputs said attribute information to said received content determination section, wherein said received content determination section determines content that should be received from said content list based on said current location information and said attribute information.

4. The terminal apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein part of information contained in stored content of said storage section is recorded in said attribute output section as said attribute information.

5. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a save instruction section that gives an instruction for saving or deletion of content of said received content storage section in accordance with an operational input of a user.

6. The terminal apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein part of information contained in content for which there is a save instruction from said save instruction section is recorded in said attribute output section as said attribute information.

7. An information playback method comprising:

receiving content by broadcast or communication;

storing received content in a received content storage section;

switching between playing back content stored in a content storage section and playing back the received content;

detecting current location information; and

determining content that should be received from a content list storing at least one or more combinations of an address of content relating to a location within a predetermined area and the location, based on the current location information;

wherein content relating to the determined current location is received, and playback is switched between the received content and said stored content.

8. The information playback method according to claim 7 , wherein, when current location information is detected, direction of movement or speed of movement of an apparatus main unit is detected, a playback time of day of content to be received is predicted from a playback time period of content of the storage section being played back, and content relating to a movement destination location of the apparatus main unit at the predicted playback time of day is determined to be content that should be received.

9. The information playback method according to claim 7 , further comprising recording attribute information indicating an interest of a user, wherein, when content that should be received is determined, content that should be received is determined from the content list based on the current location information and the attribute information.

10. The information playback method according to claim 9 , wherein part of information contained in stored content of the storage section is recorded as the attribute information.

11. The information playback method according to claim 7 , further comprising giving an instruction for saving or deletion of content of the received content storage section in accordance with an operational input of a user.

12. The information playback method according to claim 11 , wherein part of information contained in content for which there is a save instruction from a user is recorded as the attribute information.