Patent ID: 7856513

Claim:
A device configured to be connected to an external device, the external device being configured to store first data and corresponding first management data and configured to reproduce the first data in response to operational control caused by user input to an operation unit of the external device, the device comprising: a storage unit configured to store second data and corresponding second management data; a connector configured to connect to the external device; and a controller configured to, when the external device is connected to the device, (1) control the connector to receive the first management data from the external device, (2) generate third management data by merging the first and second management data, (3) control a display unit to display, in a predetermined order as a single list, the third management data, (4) control handing over of operational control of the external device to the device; and (5) control reproduction of at least one of the first and second data in response to operational control caused by user input to an operation unit of the device.