Abstract: The present invention provides a content player allowing a user to select content to view using a viewing history of content viewed by another user. The content player performs a content playing process in response to a user instruction. The content player acquires viewing history information about content viewed by a related user related to the user with a content player different from the content player. The content player presents, to the user, the acquired viewing history information. The content player performs, if the user selects the presented viewing history information, a playing process of content indicated by the selected viewing history information.

Abstract: A game executing section 112 performs a game program. A status data notifying section 116 notifies a download processing section 120 of status data indicative of the status of game execution of the currently executed game program. A request transmitting section 146 transmits to a content server a search request including the status data as metadata. A candidate image generating section 136 generates images regarding a plurality of content candidates resulting from search through the server. A content image generating section 138 generates an image of the selected content.

Abstract: A game executing section 112 performs a game program. A status data notifying section 116 notifies a download processing section 120 of status data indicative of the status of game execution of the currently executed game program. A request transmitting section 146 transmits to a content server a search request including the status data as metadata. A candidate image generating section 136 generates images regarding a plurality of content candidates resulting from search through the server. A content image generating section 138 generates an image of the selected content.

Abstract: A game executing section 112 performs a game program. A status data notifying section 116 notifies a download processing section 120 of status data indicative of the status of game execution of the currently executed game program. A request transmitting section 146 transmits to a content server a search request including the status data as metadata. A candidate image generating section 136 generates images regarding a plurality of content candidates resulting from search through the server. A content image generating section 138 generates an image of the selected content.

Abstract: The time in the host device and the time in the client device are synchronized. The host device and the client device download content data from a content distribution server using progressive downloading. The host device controls playback processes in the host device and the client device so as to be synchronized, in accordance with a download status in the host device and the client device.

Abstract: A comment data acquisition unit acquires comment data for display over a display image, and a superimposition processing unit 162 generates a superimposition image from the comment data. The comment data includes a scaling factor or information related to the scaling factor, and a display requirement determination unit determines whether the scaling factor of the display image and either a scaling factor or information related to the scaling factor included in comment data are in a predetermined relationship. When the scaling factor of the display image and either the scaling factor or the information related to the scaling factor included in the comment data are in the predetermined relationship, a superimposition image generation unit generates a comment image using display information included in the comment data.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processor that allows for manipulation of raw data to a certain extent with an application program while protecting the content of raw data. The information processor acquires encrypted media data, decodes the encrypted media data to generate raw data, scrambles the raw data to generate scrambled data, descrambles the scrambled data to generate the raw data, and outputs the raw data to a player.

Abstract: A displayed image generation unit enlarges, reduces, or scrolls a displayed image in accordance with a command for change from a user. When a clip command receiving unit receives a clip command, a clipping area identification unit identifies an area to be clipped according to the clip command. A thumbnail image generation unit generates a thumbnail image corresponding to the identified area. A positional information acquisition unit acquires positional information identifying a position of the identified area in an image as a whole. A content ID acquisition unit acquires identification information identifying an image when the clipping command is received. A hard disk drive maps the identification information, the thumbnail image, and the positional information and stores the mapped information.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processor that allows for manipulation of raw data to a certain extent with an application program while protecting the content of raw data. The information processor acquires encrypted media data, decodes the encrypted media data to generate raw data, scrambles the raw data to generate scrambled data, descrambles the scrambled data to generate the raw data, and outputs the raw data to a player.

Abstract: Provided is a content reproduction device which enables a user watching or listening to a content on a given content reproduction device to discontinue the watching thereof or listening thereto and then easily resume the watching of the same content or listening thereto from a discontinued state on another content reproduction device. When reproduction of a content is discontinued, discontinued state information indicating a reproduction state of the content at a time point of the discontinuation is transmitted to a watching/listening history management server (20) and the discontinued state information stored in the watching/listening history management server (20) is received from the watching/listening history management server (20), and the reproduction of the content is started from a state determined based on the received discontinued state information.

Abstract: A moving image reproduction apparatus is provided with a reproduction unit that decodes pictures included in a chunk of a video stream and displays the decoded pictures and a control unit that gives an instruction to start the reproduction process. When a reproduction target is switched to a second video stream that corresponds to a second bit rate during the reproduction of a first video stream that corresponds to a first bit rate, the reproduction unit continues to reproduce a chunk of the first video stream that is being reproduced. The control unit instructs, when pictures included in a chunk of the second video stream overlap with pictures included in the chunk that is being reproduced, the reproduction unit to hide the overlapping pictures in a reproduction process performed on the chunk of the second video stream.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a video reproduction system that can synchronize the reproduction timing of plural videos when contemporaneously reproducing the plural videos. One or plural video distribution devices each give, to a frame image included in a distribution video to be distributed to a video reproduction device, timing information indicating the generation timing of this frame image, and distribute the distribution video given this timing information. The video reproduction device receives plural distribution videos distributed from the one or plural video distribution devices and reproduces the received plural distribution videos in synchronization based on the timing information included in each of the plural distribution videos.

Abstract: The present invention provides a content player allowing a user to select content to view using a viewing history of content viewed by another user. The content player performs a content playing process in response to a user instruction. The content player acquires viewing history information about content viewed by a related user related to the user with a content player different from the content player. The content player presents, to the user, the acquired viewing history information. The content player performs, if the user selects the presented viewing history information, a playing process of content indicated by the selected viewing history information.

Abstract: A playback processing unit executes a playback process of content data. A control unit defines a display area for a communication tool to be executed, based on display instruction information that is defined in association with playback time information of the content data. The display processing unit uses a content image processed and played back and a text chat window of which a display area is defined, and generates an image for a display.

Abstract: A comment data acquisition unit acquires comment data for display over a display image, and a superimposition processing unit 162 generates a superimposition image from the comment data. The comment data includes a scaling factor or information related to the scaling factor, and a display requirement determination unit determines whether the scaling factor of the display image and either a scaling factor or information related to the scaling factor included in comment data are in a predetermined relationship. When the scaling factor of the display image and either the scaling factor or the information related to the scaling factor included in the comment data are in the predetermined relationship, a superimposition image generation unit generates a comment image using display information included in the comment data.

Abstract: Provided is a content reproduction device which enables a user watching or listening to a content on a given content reproduction device to discontinue the watching thereof or listening thereto and then easily resume the watching of the same content or listening thereto from a discontinued state on another content reproduction device. When reproduction of a content is discontinued, discontinued state information indicating a reproduction state of the content at a time point of the discontinuation is transmitted to a watching/listening history management server (20) and the discontinued state information stored in the watching/listening history management server (20) is received from the watching/listening history management server (20), and the reproduction of the content is started from a state determined based on the received discontinued state information.

Abstract: A displayed image generation unit enlarges, reduces, or scrolls a displayed image in accordance with a command for change from a user. When a clip command receiving unit receives a clip command, a clipping area identification unit identifies an area to be clipped according to the clip command. A thumbnail image generation unit generates a thumbnail image corresponding to the identified area. A positional information acquisition unit acquires positional information identifying a position of the identified area in an image as a whole. A content ID acquisition unit acquires identification information identifying an image when the clipping command is received. A hard disk drive maps the identification information, the thumbnail image, and the positional information and stores the mapped information.

Abstract: A playback processing unit executes a playback process of content data. A control unit defines a display area for a communication tool to be executed, based on display instruction information that is defined in association with playback time information of the content data. The display processing unit uses a content image processed and played back and a text chat window of which a display area is defined, and generates an image for a display.

Abstract: The time in the host device and the time in the client device are synchronized. The host device and the client device download content data from a content distribution server using progressive downloading. The host device controls playback processes in the host device and the client device so as to be synchronized, in accordance with a download status in the host device and the client device.