Patent ID: 8554880

Claim:
A terminal comprising: a playlist configuration data memory configured to store a set of playlist configuration data including a plurality of playlists represented in numerical values, respectively, and a set of transition commands, each transition command including a variation quantity which is a numerical value showing a difference between playlists for changeover from one playlist to another; a reproducer configured to reproduce a content in accordance with a playlist; and a controller implemented by a central processing unit (CPU) configured to use data stored in the playlist configuration data memory to control the reproducer; wherein the numerical values in the set of playlist configuration data are one of: numerical values assigned to the plurality of playlists in a prescribed order, and numerical values assigned to the plurality of playlists in a prescribed coordinate, wherein the set of transition commands includes a plurality of transition commands in which respective variation quantities differ, wherein the numerical value showing the difference included in each transition command is a numerical value corresponding to a difference in one of: the prescribed order, and the prescribed coordinate, between a pre-changeover playlist and a post-changeover playlist, and wherein the controller is configured to work for a reception of an input specifying a transition command from the set of transition commands from outside, to have a numerical value corresponding to a playlist being used by the reproducer when the input is received, shown in the set of playlist configuration data, to have an addition thereto or a subtraction therefrom, of a variation quantity shown by the transition command specified by the input, to select a playlist represented by a closest or corresponding numerical value to a numerical value obtained by the addition or the subtraction, to change from a reproduction being implemented by the reproducer to a reproduction in accordance with the selected playlist, and to work for a reception of an input from outside to specify a set of playlist configuration data from plural sets of playlist configuration data stored in a server, to store the set of playlist configuration data transmitted from the server, in the playlist configuration data memory.