Content playback device, method for playing back content and content delivery system
US9027069B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 12, 2012 |
| Grant date | May 5, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 28, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/8543
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
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.
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