Patent ID: 8060636

Claim:
A content reproducing method comprising: determining, by a first content reproducing apparatus, that a second content reproducing apparatus approaches the first content reproducing apparatus; determining whether the first content reproducing apparatus reproduces a first content, when it is determined that the second content reproducing apparatus approaches the first content reproducing apparatus; determining the type of the first content, when it is determined that the first content reproducing apparatus is reproducing the first content; determining that the second content apparatus is capable of reproducing the type of the first content; comparing the specification of the first content reproducing apparatus with the specification of the second content reproducing apparatus to determine an optimal apparatus having optimal capabilities for reproducing the first content in response to determining that the second content reproducing apparatus is capable of reproducing the type of the first content; and reproducing the first content on the second content reproducing apparatus, if it is determined that the second content reproducing apparatus is the optimal apparatus from among the first content reproducing apparatus and the second content reproducing apparatus, wherein the specification of the first content reproducing apparatus comprises at least one of a size of a display of the first content reproducing apparatus, a resolution of the display of the first content reproducing apparatus, and an audio reproduction capability of the first content reproducing apparatus, and wherein the specification of the second content reproducing apparatus comprises at least one of a size of a display of the second content reproducing apparatus, a resolution of the display of the second content reproducing apparatus, and an audio reproduction capability of the second content reproducing apparatus.