Patent ID: 8917237

Claim:
An information processing system including a stationary display device, and a portable display device on which a predetermined input can be made by a user, comprising: a computer processing system, including at least one computer processor, the computer processing system being configured to provide functionality comprising: a content playback for playing a content item to thereby generate a playback image, and displaying the playback image at least on the stationary display device; a UI image generation for generating a user interface image used for specifying a content item to be played; a switching display control for alternatively displaying the playback image being played and the user interface image on the portable display device while a content item is being played by the content playback; a content specifying for specifying a content item to be played next based on a predetermined input made by the user on the portable display device using the user interface image, and a playback status display control for displaying, on the portable display device, a playback status image which represents a playback status of the content item being played by the content playback, wherein the content playback next plays the content item specified by the content specifying; and wherein the playback status display control displays, on the portable display device, the playback status image together with the playback image when display has been switched by the switching display control to the playback image being played, and displays, on the portable display device, the playback status image together with the user interface image when display has been switched by the switching display control to the user interface image.