Patent ID: 9077859
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A recording/playing device comprising: a communication interface unit configured to interface with a plurality of digital devices connected to the recording/playing device through a local area network (LAN); a user interface configured to receive a request for a content from a user; a storage configured to store a content list; and a controller configured to: search for a recording in response to the received request, receive the recording from the at least one of the plurality of digital devices through the LAN but not through an external network connected to the LAN, when there is a time shift request by the user of the recording/playing device or a user of the at least one of the plurality of digital devices to reproduce content that was previously reproduced, search for the time shift requested content from the recording/playing device and the at least one of the plurality of digital devices having the time shift requested content based on the content list, control the time shift requested content to be transmitted between the recording/playing device and the at least one of the plurality of digital devices through the LAN but not through the external network, and reproduce the time shift requested content received from the recording/playing device and the at least one of the plurality of digital devices having the time shift requested content.