Patent ID: 8850323

Claim:
An electronic device, comprising: at least one processor; a communication unit to connect to a different device on a network using the at least one processor, the different device storing accessible content; an output unit to connect to a display apparatus using the at least one processor; a control unit using the at least one processor, wherein the control unit is configured to: search through the communication unit for accessible content stored in the different device, generate a list of thumbnail images representing results of the searched accessible content, estimate, through the communication unit, based on traffic conditions of the network, an error rate associated with each of the searched accessible content, and output the list through the output unit to the display apparatus, wherein the list is outputted to comprise an indication of the level of accessibility of each item of accessible content associated with the thumbnail images in the list based on the estimated error rate; an operation input unit to receive, from a user, reproduction instruction operation with respect to the accessible content indicated by each of the thumbnail images using the at least one processor; and a reproduction unit to receive, in response to the reproduction instruction operation, the accessible content, which is subjected to the reproduction instruction operation, through the communication unit from the different device, and reproduce the accessible content using the at least one processor.