Patent ID: 9027069
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A content playback device receiving and playing back streaming content from a content server delivering two pieces of content each having a different viewing mode for a common product, the content playback device comprising: a selection unit selecting a viewing mode; a determination unit determining whether or not playback of a first piece of content has been interrupted, the first piece of content having another viewing mode that is not the selected viewing mode; a conversion unit converting, when the determination unit has determined that playback of the first piece of content has been interrupted, a position at which playback of the first piece of content has been interrupted into a corresponding position in a second piece of content having the selected viewing mode; and a request unit making a request to the content server for transmission of the second piece of content beginning at the corresponding position, wherein when the first piece of content has been interrupted during playback on a device associated in advance with the content playback device, the content server stores the position at which playback has been interrupted, and once the viewing mode is selected by the selection unit, the conversion unit acquires the position at which playback has been interrupted from the content server.