Patent ID: 7801900

Claim:
A contents data reproduction apparatus for reproducing contents data from a computer-readable storage medium storing contents data, the apparatus comprising: an acceleration detector that detects an acceleration of the contents data reproduction apparatus; weighting information generating means for generating weighting information including contents information relating to the contents data and information on the use of the contents data and indicating a reproduction priority for the contents data; a memory that stores the weighting information; a reproduction control section that composes a playlist of the contents data in an order according to the weighting information; a reproduction section that reads out the contents data and reproduces the contents data according to the playlist; and a display section that visibly displays the playlist, the reproduction control section: modifying the weighting information based on the detected acceleration; reordering the order of the contents data in the playlist based on the modified weighting information and storing the reordered playlist in the memory; and visibly displaying the reordered playlist on the display section.