Patent ID: 8615162

Claim:
A content playback apparatus that plays back a content to which restriction information for restricting playback has been attached, by removing the restriction through predetermined processing, the content playback apparatus comprising: a content storage unit for storing a plurality of contents; a setting information storage unit storing setting information, for each of one or more types of restriction information, including one or more rules about how to display an identifier of a content to which the restriction information has been attached; a display unit operable to generate and display a content list with respect to each of the one or more types of restriction information in accordance with the setting information, the content list including identifiers of one or more contents to which corresponding restriction information has been attached; a state information storage unit storing removal state information that shows, for each content, whether the restriction on playback has been removed or not; a removal state update unit operable to, when the content playback apparatus performs the predetermined processing, regarding the content to which the restriction information has been attached, remove the restriction on playback by updating the removal state information so as to show that the restriction has been removed; and a playback unit operable to, upon reception of selection input from a user, and when the removal state information of a content specified by the selection input shows that the restriction has been removed, play back the content.