Patent ID: 9380344
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a selection unit that receives a user input to select content to be reproduced at the information processing apparatus and identify an external device which reproduces the selected content, the external device being connected to the information processing apparatus; a communication unit that sends, to the external device, a request to reproduce the selected content, and receives, from the external device, information indicating whether the external device has started reproducing the selected content; a content storing unit; a content reproduction processing unit that reproduces the selected content stored in the content storing unit and a thumbnail image stored in the content storing unit; and a display control unit that controls to display the selected content or the thumbnail image reproduced by the content reproduction processing unit, wherein the display control unit provides an object, including at least information of a type of content reproducible by the external device, to identify the external device while the selected content is reproduced and controlled to be displayed at the information processing apparatus, and the communication unit sends the request to the external device based on selection of the object, and wherein the display control unit controls to display the thumbnail image corresponding to the selected content being reproduced by the external device while the external device reproduces the selected content.