Patent ID: 8526484
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A content reproduction apparatus comprising: a reproduction request receiving unit to receive from a first external device conforming to a first communication standard a request to reproduce content data selected by the first external device; a content data obtaining unit to obtain from a second external device conforming to the first communication standard the content data in response to the request received by the reproduction request receiving unit, the second external device storing the content data selected by the first external device; a content reproduction unit to reproduce the content data obtained by the content data obtaining unit; a plurality of data converting units to convert data which can be transmitted according to the first communication standard into data which can be transmitted according to a second communication standard different than the first communication standard; and a converted data transmitting unit to transmit the data which is converted by a data converting unit of the plurality of data converting units and can be transmitted according to the second communication standard to a third external device conforming to the second communication standard, wherein each of the plurality of data converting units receives data from one of a plurality of third external devices which are different from each other, and wherein each of the plurality of data converting units can perform data transmission with one or more other data converting units.