Patent ID: 8707169

Claim:
An information processing apparatus configured to control reproduction of content, comprising: a first storage circuit configured to store content to be reproduced and attribute data indicating predetermined attributes of the content associated with each other; a second storage circuit configured to store associations including an artist link map having an artist group list table, an artist list table, and an artist link correspondence table among the attribute data; a selection means for selecting a second content to be reproduced subsequent to a first content which is reproduced or instructed to be reproduced, the second content having attribute data that is stored in the second storage circuit and that is associated with the attribute data of the first content; and an editing means for editing artist link information stored in the second storage circuit on the basis of a user's operation, wherein the selection means preferentially selects, as the second content, a content edited by the editing means having attribute data associated with the attribute data of the first content, among content having attribute data that is stored associated with the attribute data of the first content.