Patent ID: 8606089
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A reproduction controlling apparatus comprising: user interface receiving a selected user input of plural user inputs according to operation by a user, including at least a skip command; auxiliary information generation means for generating auxiliary information based on a first event notice related to reproduction operation regarding content recorded in a recording medium and a second event notice indicating reproduction position information of said recording medium; comparison-computation means for comparing or computing reproduction position information indicated by said auxiliary information with reproduction position information indicated by a later received second event notice to determine elapsed time of reproduction; and command issuing means for issuing a command for controlling the reproduction operation of said content based upon the selected user input and for automatically adjusting the reproduction operation of said content different from the command associated with the selected user input based on the result of said comparison or said computation, wherein (a) when the selected user input is the skip command and the elapsed time of reproduction of a current content block exceeds a first predetermined time after a start of reproduction of the current content block, a next content block is reproduced and (b) when the selected user input is the skip command and the elapsed time of reproduction of the current content block does not exceed the first predetermined time after the start of reproduction of the current content block, the current content block continues to be reproduced wherein content is reproduced automatically from a beginning of each content block for the first predetermined time when the user input is the skip command.