Patent ID: 8724961

Claim:
A terminal device comprising: a content storage unit storing one or more contents; an operation receiving unit operable to receive operation regarding viewing of contents from a user; a storage unit collecting history information indicating history of operations in correspondence with each of the contents stored in the content storage unit; a recording medium loading unit in which an external recording medium is loaded in a loadable/unloadable state; a writing receiving unit operable to receive a writing instruction for writing a content stored in the content storage unit to the external recording medium; a generating unit operable to, upon reception of the writing instruction, generate preference information of the user in accordance with a piece of history information corresponding to the content specified in the writing instruction; a writing unit operable to write the specified content and the corresponding preference information onto the external recording medium; an information storage unit storing information regarding each of a plurality of contents; a reading unit operable to read the preference information from the external recording medium loaded in the recording medium loading unit; a creating unit operable to create first information indicating contents being recommendations for the user, by checking the preference information against the information stored in the information storage unit; and a display control unit operable to control a display in accordance with the first information, wherein the display controlled by the display control unit includes a message indicating that the display is related to preference information generated when the content was recorded onto the external recording medium.