Patent ID: 9665342
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G06F,G10H,G11B,H04H,H04L

Claim:
1. A radio client terminal, which receives and plays back audio content of a radio broadcast from an external source, comprising: an audio content receiver configured to receive the audio content; a musical piece storage unit configured to store beforehand musical pieces and introductory audio content to be introduced into playback of at least one of the musical pieces; and a playback controller configured to monitor a state of connection with the external source, to select and play back a combination of the audio content and the musical pieces, and to determine the introductory audio content to be introduced into playback based on the state of connection with the external source; wherein the playback controller is configured to select the musical piece that has been stored beforehand in the musical piece storage unit, and configured to play back the selected musical piece in between playbacks of the audio content; wherein when the audio content cannot be received by the audio content receiver, the playback controller is configured to play back the introductory audio content, which has been read out from the musical piece storage unit, into playback of the musical piece, and thereafter, select and play back the musical piece that has been stored beforehand in the musical piece storage unit; wherein based on a reason why the audio content cannot be received, the playback controller is configured to select and play back the introductory audio content stored in the musical piece storage unit, and after having played back the introductory audio content, the playback controller is configured to select and play back the musical piece that has been stored beforehand in the musical piece storage unit; and wherein when the audio content is insufficiently received by the audio content receiver, the introductory audio content to be introduced into playback of the at least one of the musical pieces stored in the storage unit is configured to announce to a user of the radio client terminal that the audio content is insufficiently received after distribution of the audio content is completed, and is configured to urge the user of the radio client terminal to subsequently resume reception of the radio broadcast.