Patent ID: 8266341

Claim:
A display apparatus comprising: a communication unit which receives contents and reproduction information from a mobile device external to the display apparatus, wherein the reproduction information identifies contents which were previously displayed on the mobile device; a contents processing unit which reproduces the contents from the mobile device and displays the contents on a display unit of the display apparatus; and a control unit which receives the reproduction information from the communication unit and controls the contents processing unit to reproduce the contents which were previously displayed on the mobile device on the display apparatus, wherein the control unit controls the contents processing unit based on the reproduction information to reproduce the contents continuously from a last position that the contents were displayed on the mobile device, wherein the reproduction information comprises first position information for reproducing the contents reproduced in the mobile device, and wherein the control unit generates second position information for reproducing the contents processed in the contents processing unit and sends the second position information to the mobile device for the contents to be reproduced on the mobile device from a position which corresponds to the second position information.