Patent ID: 8091027

Claim:
A content playback apparatus comprising: display means for displaying a plurality of indicators associated with a plurality of contents, and a specifier configured to specify an indicator of the plurality of indicators; playback means for playing back a content of the plurality of contents associated with an indicator of the plurality of indicators; switch means for switching, in accordance with a user's operation, an indicator of the plurality of indicators being specified by the specifier; and playback control means for controlling the playback means such that: if, while a first content of the plurality of contents, the first content associated with a first indicator of the plurality of indicators, is playing back, an indicator of the plurality of indicators being specified by the specifier switches from the first indicator to a second indicator, and an indicator of the plurality of indicators being specified by the specifier switches from the second indicator to a third indicator within a predetermined period of time after switching from the first indicator to the second indicator, the playback means continues playing back the first content, at least until the specifier switches to the third indicator, and if, while the first content is playing back, an indicator of the plurality of indicators being specified by the specifier switches from the first indicator to the second indicator, and an indicator of the plurality of indicators being specified by the specifier does not switch from the second indicator to another indicator within a predetermined period of time after switching from the first indicator to the second indicator, the playback means begins playing back a second content associated with the second indicator.