Patent ID: 9325931
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
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.