Patent ID: 8892688

Claim:
A portable terminal, comprising: a display unit which displays a video content; a communication unit which performs wireless communication with an external device capable of executing video processing for displaying a video content on an external display which is different from the display unit of the portable terminal; an user operation input unit to which a user operation is inputted; and a control unit which controls the display unit and the communication unit, wherein: during the displaying of video content on the display unit, if a first user operation instructing video content to be processed for displaying by the external device is inputted at a first point of time to the user operation input unit, then thereafter the control unit controls: (1) the communication unit to transmit identification information identifying the video content and state information of display state to the external device in order to let the same video content as the video content displayed on the display unit at the first point of time, start to be displayed on the external display; and (2) the display unit to terminate the display of the video content on the display unit and to display information on the display unit for inputting a second user operation to operate the video content which is displayed on the external display after the first point of time, after the displaying of video content on the display unit is terminated, if a second user operation to operate the video content is inputted at a second point of time to the user operation input unit, then thereafter the control unit controls the communication unit to transmit an instruction to the external device according to the second user operation, and during the displaying of the video content on the external display if a third user operation instructing video content to be displayed on the display unit is inputted at a third point of time to the user operation unit, then thereafter the control unit controls: (1) the communication to transmit information related to the third user operation to the external device; and (2) the display unit to display the same video content as the video content which is displayed on the external display at the third point of time.