Patent ID: 8144551

Claim:
A reproducing control device, comprising: a connecting unit that is connected to a contents reproducing device which reproduces content selected from a plurality of contents; a receiving unit that receives the reproduced content from the contents reproducing device; a resume information storage unit that stores resume information about the content to be started to be reproduced with the contents reproducing device being connected to the connecting unit; a connection determining unit that determines whether the connecting unit is connected to the contents reproducing device; a writing unit that writes the resume information about the content reproduced just before the contents reproducing device is disconnected from the connecting unit into the resume information storage unit; and an instructing unit that, when the connection determining unit determines that the connecting unit is connected to the contents reproducing device, reads the resume information stored in the resume information storage unit so as to transmit an instruction for reproducing content specified by the resume information to the contents reproducing device.