Patent ID: 8468218

Claim:
A reproducing apparatus comprising: a communication circuit configured to communicate with a server that stores content data, and to communicate with a control apparatus that transmits, as a request for reproducing the content data stored in the server, a request for setting content data to be reproduced, a request for starting reproduction of the content data set by the request for setting content, or a request for stopping reproduction of the content data being reproduced according to request for starting reproduction; and a processing circuit including a reproducing processing unit configured to perform processing related to reproducing content data upon the request for starting reproduction that the communication circuit has received; and a reproducing control unit configured to control a processing execution state related to reproducing the content data in the reproducing processing unit, wherein the reproducing control unit sets a primary standby time and maintains reproduction of the content in the reproducing processing unit until after the primary standby time has elapsed, when the request for stopping reproduction is received while the reproducing processing unit is reproducing the content data, or when the reproduction of the content data in the reproducing processing unit has ended, further sets a secondary standby time after the primary standby time has elapsed and further maintains reproduction of the content in the reproducing processing unit until after the secondary standby time has elapsed, when the request for setting content is received before the primary standby time has elapsed, causes the reproducing processing unit to reproduce content data that has been newly set by the request for setting content, when received the request for reproducing is received before the secondary standby time has elapsed, and causes the processing execution state related to reproducing content data in the reproducing processing unit to transition from a reproducing state to a basic state in which content data is not reproduce, when the request for setting content is not received before the primary standby time has elapsed, or when the request for reproducing is not received before the secondary standby time has elapsed.