Patent ID: 8290349

Claim:
A playback apparatus that performs real-time playback of content transmitted through a network and that is capable of performing jump playback from a specified position, the playback apparatus comprising: buffering means for receiving, through the network, data of content to be played back from now and buffering the received data in a first buffer of a plurality of data buffers; playback means for playing back the data buffered by the buffering means stored in the first buffer; and specifying means for specifying a jump destination for jump playback, wherein the buffering means further receives, through the network, data of a jump destination or jump destinations that can be specified by the specifying means and buffers the received data in a second buffer of the plurality of data buffers, wherein the buffering of the data of a jump destination is performed in parallel with buffering of the data stored in the first buffer and at a lower speed than the buffering of the data stored in the first buffer, and when the specifying means specifies the jump destination and the buffering means buffers the data of the jump destination, the playback means performs jump playback from the buffered data.