Patent ID: 8352539
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A content receiving and reproducing device of a user side that receives content from a content distribution side and reproduces the received content, comprising: a potential content list information receiving or storing means that receives potential content list information from the content distribution side indicating contents that can be distributed from the content distribution side or that stores, in advance, potential content list information indicating contents that can be distributed from the content distribution side; a program line-up means that sorts the contents to be received and reproduced from the contents written in the received potential content list information and decides on a reproducing order of the contents, based on at least one of conditions of the user side, conditions related to an environment on the user side, and conditions related to the contents, and creates program table information; a program table information transmitting means that transmits the program table information created by the program line-up means to the content distribution side; a content receiving means that receives the contents distributed from the content distribution side in adherence to the program table information; and a content reproducing means that reproduces the content, when the program table information is created, the program line-up means refers to route information to a destination acquired from a route guidance function, infers a communication environment of a location that is predicted by the route information to be passed, and sorts the contents and decides the reproducing order depending on the inferred result so that a desired content is received at a time when the receiving and reproducing device is expected to pass through the location.