Patent ID: 8682140
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A playback device for playing back contents, comprising: a transmission unit operable to read a playback right from an external recording medium, and transmit the read playback right and capability information indicating a processing capability of the playback device to a server device, the playback right indicating a right to play back one or more contents that each have been generated based on a content and in a format compatible with a processing capability different for each of one or more playback devices; an acquisition unit operable to, when the playback right is judged to have been confirmed, acquire, from the server device, one of the one or more contents corresponding to the playback right that is in a format compatible with the processing capability of the playback device indicated by the capability information; and a playback unit operable to play back the content acquired by the acquisition unit, wherein the recording medium further has recorded therein at least one of the one or more contents corresponding to the playback right, the playback device further comprises a judgment unit operable to, before the transmission unit transmits the playback right and the capability information, judge whether the at least one recorded content includes the content in the format compatible with the processing capability of the playback device, when the judgment unit judges that the at least one recorded content includes the content in the compatible format, the transmission unit cancels the transmission of the playback right and the capability information, and the acquisition unit acquires the content in the compatible format from the recording medium, and when the judgment unit judges that the at least one recorded content does not include the content in the compatible format, the transmission unit executes the transmission of the playback right and the capability information.