Patent ID: 8787735
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A reproduction apparatus comprising: a reproduction unit configured to reproduce a content from a recording medium; a recognition unit configured to recognize users; a management information processing unit configured to generate management information relating to the content including reproduction history information indicating, for each of a plurality of users, a portion that the user has viewed in the content, and viewing schedule information which is different from the history information and indicates whether each of the plurality of users is scheduled to view or not, based on a recognition result of the recognition unit; a setting unit configured to set whether a user recognized by the recognition unit is scheduled to view or not the content in accordance with an instruction from the recognized user; a receiving unit configured to receive, from a predetermined user recognized by the recognition unit, a deletion instruction for instructing to delete a designated content; a deletion unit configured to delete the designated content from the recording medium in accordance with the deletion instruction; and a control unit configured to control the deletion unit, based on the viewing schedule information relating to the designated content, wherein the management information processing unit sets the viewing schedule information in accordance with a set result by the setting unit such that if it is set that viewing of the content is scheduled, the viewing schedule information indicates that the recognized user is scheduled to view the content, and if it is set that viewing of the content is not scheduled, the viewing schedule information indicates that the recognized user is not scheduled to view the content, the control unit inhibits deletion of the designated content by the deletion unit, in a case where the viewing schedule information indicates that a user other than the predetermined user is scheduled to view the designated content.