Patent ID: 7623756

Claim:
An information processing apparatus, comprising: acquisition means for acquiring first information to be played back, and second information relating to a breakpoint candidate of the first information; display control means for controlling the playback of the first information; and display speed control means for controlling a playback speed of the first information, wherein the display speed control means is for controlling the playback speed of the first information based on the second information so that the first information is played back at a relatively low speed within a predetermined period of the first information in the vicinity of the breakpoint candidate, is played back at an intermediate speed within a period of the first information between the predetermined period of the first information and a remaining period of the first information and is played back at a relatively high speed within the remaining period of the first information, wherein the intermediate speed is between the relatively low speed and the relatively high speed; wherein, in response to data indicating erasure of the breakpoint candidate during playback of the first information within the predetermined period, the display speed control means controls the playback speed of the first information to switch from the relatively low speed to the relatively high speed.