Patent ID: 11929101
Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 15:
16. A method for reproducing program or playlist content associated with user profiles being implemented on an information processing apparatus, comprising:
receiving, via a network, first program or playlist information wirelessly from a device external to the information processing apparatus, the first program or playlist information being received including second program or playlist information that is encrypted;
displaying, on a display device, a first user interface for a user to select a user profile from among a plurality of user profiles including a first user profile associated with a first character and a second user profile associated with a second character, the plurality of user profiles being associated with program or playlist information and the first user interface including an option for a user to select the first user profile from the plurality of user profiles by selecting the first character;
receiving a selection of the first user profile;
displaying, in response to the selection, a second user interface for a user to select desired program or playlist information to be reproduced from among the first program or playlist information, the second user interface being associated with the first user profile and displaying the first character, the first character associated with a first group of program or playlist information and indicating an identity of the user of the first user profile, the second user interface further displaying thumbnails corresponding to the first group of program or playlist information;
displaying the second character and a second group of thumbnails corresponding to a second group of program or playlist information associated with the second user profile when the second character is selected,
receiving, in a case that the first group of program or playlist information and the second group of program or playlist information include one program or playlist information that is the same, a selection to remove the one program or playlist information from the first group of program or playlist information associated with the first user profile;
removing the one program or playlist information from the first group of program or playlist information, wherein, upon the one program or playlist information being removed from the first group of program or playlist information, the one program or playlist information continues to be included in the second group of program or playlist information for the second user profile and the second group of thumbnails continues to display a thumbnail corresponding to the one program or playlist information when the second character is selected;
receiving a selection of desired program or playlist information based on a selection of a thumbnail from the first group of thumbnails, the desired program or playlist information included in the second program or playlist information;
decrypting program or playlist information corresponding to the selected thumbnail;

displaying the decrypted program or playlist information; and
outputting an audio.