Patent ID: 8712209
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. A playback device comprising: a playlist storage unit configured to store a first playlist identifying pieces of content arranged in a playback order; a content playback unit configured to playback content identified in the first playlist; a playlist acquisition unit configured to acquire, while the playback unit is playing back the content identified in the first playlist, at least one external playlist from outside, the external playlist, prior to being acquired, having at least two pieces of content that are common to content in the first playlist and having a playback order of at least two consecutive pieces of content that match the playback order of pieces of content identified in the first playlist; and a playlist display unit configured to display the first playlist and the external playlist acquired by the playlist acquisition unit such that the playlists are linked at positions of the matching consecutive pieces of content.