Patent ID: 7555195

Claim:
A content combination reproducer capable of providing content related information and services as a combination operation while reproducing contents and metadata, wherein the metadata includes at least one of the following six pieces of 5W1H information: when, where, who, what, how, and what to do, and wherein the metadata is associated with an object included in one frame of the contents, said content combination reproducer comprising: content reproducing means for obtaining the contents and the metadata attached to the contents to reproduce the contents and the metadata; combination interface information generating means for generating combination interface information that includes content reproduction times, data on the one frame of the contents, and metadata associated with the object included in the one frame of the contents, and wherein the combination interface information defines information necessary for executing the combination operation on the contents when said content reproducing means obtains the contents and the metadata; combination data storing means for storing therein combination data that corresponds to the combination interface information, and wherein the combination data defines an operation related to the contents; and combination operation controlling means for obtaining the combination data stored in said combination data storing means to control an execution of the combination operation on the contents after a defining of the combination data based on the combination interface information and by using external input information entered from an external unit as necessary.