Patent ID: 8115870
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A data reproducing device connected through a transmission path to a first device for transmitting content data at a predetermined data transmission rate, the data reproducing device comprising: transmitting and receiving means configured to receive data through the transmission path connected to the first device and to transmit a command; buffering means configured to temporarily store the data transmitted from the first device and received by the transmitting and receiving means; data reproducing means configured to read out the data stored in the buffering means at a predetermined reading rate; storage amount detecting means configured to detect an amount of data temporarily stored in the buffering means; comparing means configured to compare the amount of stored data detected by the storage amount detecting means with a first predetermined threshold and with a second predetermined threshold; and controlling means configured to perform control such that a command instructing a change in the data transmission rate is transmitted from the transmitting and receiving means to the first device, on the basis of the result of the comparison performed by the comparing means.