Patent ID: 8443127
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A cradle comprising: a first connecting unit to which the portable content playback apparatus is connectable; a second connecting unit to which a computer is connectable; an output unit that outputs content data; a controller that controls the portable content playback apparatus; a first switch that switches between connection of the first connecting unit to the controller and connection of the first connecting unit to the second connecting unit to which the computer is connectable; a second switch; and a switch control unit that controls switching of the first switch and the second switch, wherein in a portable content playback apparatus playback state in which the content data is received from the portable content playback apparatus and outputted from the output unit, the switch control unit causes the first switch to connect the first connecting unit, which receives the content data from the portable content playback apparatus, with the controller, and at the same time the switch control unit also causes the second switch to connect the controller to the output unit to provide the content data to the output unit, and when a content file from the computer is transferred to and recorded in the portable content playback apparatus, the switch control unit causes the first switch to connect the first connecting unit, to which the portable content playback apparatus is connectable, with the second connecting unit, to which the computer is connectable, and at the same time the switch control unit also causes the second switch to connect the output unit to the second connecting unit, to which the computer is connectable, in order to transfer the content file from the computer to the output unit.