Patent ID: 9264653
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A video and audio reproduction apparatus connectable to a video and audio reception apparatus that displays video and emits sound, said video and audio reproduction apparatus comprising: a reproducing unit configured to reproduce audio data and video data; a first transmission unit configured to convert, into first data in accordance with a first standard, the audio data and the video data reproduced by said reproducing unit, and to transmit the first data to the video and audio reception apparatus; a second transmission unit configured to convert, into second data in accordance with a second standard, the audio data and the video data reproduced by said reproducing unit, and to transmit the second data to the video and audio reception apparatus; a message display unit configured to display a message; a display determination unit configured to determine, based on information transmitted from the video and audio reception apparatus, which is external to the video and audio reproduction apparatus, in interactive message communication included in the first standard, whether the video and audio reception apparatus displays the video and emits the sound using the first data or the second data, to determine to display an error message regarding an error occurring in said first transmission unit when the video and audio reception apparatus displays the video and emits the sound using the first data, and to determine not to display the error message when the video and audio reception apparatus displays the video and emits the sound using the second data; and a display control unit configured to cause said message display unit to display the error message when said display determination unit determines to display the error message, and not to cause said message display unit to display the error message when said display determination unit determines not to display the error message.