Patent ID: 8406615
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A content reproduction device that reproduces a stream media content that is linked to from a multimedia content written in a markup language used for Web browsing, wherein a state of the reproduction of the stream media content can be changed according to an instruction by a user and the reproduction of the stream media content is performed for a predetermined consecutive period of time, the content reproduction device comprising: a display unit operable to display the multimedia content; a reproducing unit operable to reproduce the stream media content that is linked to from the displayed multimedia content; a reproduction state change accepting unit operable to accept, from the user, reproduction state change information indicating a change in the state of the reproduction of the stream media content by the reproducing unit; and a return position determining unit operable to determine, based on the reproduction state change information, whether or not all of the stream media content has been reproduced by the reproducing unit, wherein, when the return position determining unit determines that all of the stream media content has been reproduced, the return position determining unit determines, as a first return position, a return position indicating a portion of the multimedia content to be displayed when transitioning from reproducing the stream media content back to displaying the multimedia content when the reproduction of the stream media content by the reproducing unit has ended, wherein, when the return position determining unit determines that all of the stream media content has not been reproduced, the return position determining unit determines, as a second return position, a return position that is different from the first return position, and wherein the display unit (i) displays the determined first return position of the multimedia content when the return position determining unit determines that all of the stream media content has been reproduced, and (ii) displays the determined second return position of the multimedia content when the return position determining unit determines that all of the stream media content has not been reproduced.