Patent ID: 8003875

Claim:
A playback apparatus comprising: an operation plane; a detection unit to detect which of contact relationship including first contact relationship, second contact relationship with a higher degree of contact than the first contact relationship and third contact relationship with a higher degree of contact than the second contact relationship the operation plane and an operation object have; a creation unit to create a list screen of content data allowing selection of content data based on movement of the operation object with respect to the operation plane when the operation plane and the operation object have the first contact relationship; a playback unit to play back content data; and a playback control unit to cause the playback unit to play back content data, which is selected on the list screen when contact relationship between the operation plane and the operation object becomes the second contact relationship from the first contact relationship, if contact relationship between the operation plane and the operation object becomes the third contact relationship from the second contact relationship; wherein one or more than one content data is associated with a position on the list screen according to a feature of each content data, and while the operation plane and the operation object are in the first contact relationship, content data associated with a position in closest proximity to a position on the list screen specified by movement of the operation object is selected.