Patent ID: 8464291
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A content reproducing system for displaying a virtual channel and a broadcast channel and for searching for a first content item from a storage device storing a plurality of content items and for providing the first content item to a user, the content reproducing system comprising: a content classification section configured to classify the content items into a plurality of classifications; a channel assignment section configured to assign the virtual channel from a plurality of virtual channels to each of the plurality of classifications; a content arrangement section configured to arrange each of the content items into a replaying sequence on the virtual channel corresponding to the classification of the content item, the content items being scheduled in the replaying sequence based on stored user preferences, wherein a first one of the content items having higher importance to the user than the remaining content items is scheduled immediately after one of the remaining content items being currently replayed by the user; a user operation receiving section configured to receive a user operation for selecting one of the virtual channels; a content providing section configured to acquire the first content item from the selected virtual channel in response to the user operation received via the user operation receiving section and provide the first content item for reproduction; and a content reproducing section configured to reproduce the first content item, wherein the user operation receiving section is configured to receive one or more selected user operations and modify the reproduction of the first content item in accordance with the selected user operations; wherein arranging each of the content items includes recording each of the content items into the virtual channel corresponding to the classification of the content item; and wherein another one of the content items having a lower importance to the user than the remaining content items is scheduled immediately before one of the remaining content items being currently replayed by the user.