Patent ID: 8045429
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A control apparatus for a content reproducing system that performs reproduction of a content based on data acquired from at least one of a plurality of kinds of medium, the control apparatus being connected to a reading device that is capable of loading and ejecting a recording medium on which a program for controlling the reproduction of the content is recorded and reads data from the loaded recording medium, the control apparatus comprising: an eject operation detecting unit configured to detect that an eject operation for the recording medium from the reading device is performed during reproduction control in which the reproduction of the content is controlled by executing the program read from the recording medium by the reading device; a program judging unit configured to judge, if the eject operation is detected by the eject operation detecting unit, whether or not the program being executed is a continuing program to be continuously executed even after the ejecting of the recording medium; and a reproduction control switching unit configured to perform, if it is judged that the program is not the continuing program, switching of the reproduction control by stopping the reproduction control performed by execution of the program and by starting the reproduction control for the content based on the data acquired from any medium among the plurality of kinds of medium excluding the recording medium, wherein if it is judged that the program is the continuing program, the reproduction control performed by execution of the continuing program is continued.