Abstract: [Object] To provide a reproduction apparatus and a reproduction method which enable easier operation of providing a response to distributed information. [Solution] A reproduction terminal including: a reproducing unit configured to reproduce distributed information; a sensor unit configured to detect body action of a user; and a control unit configured to process operation regarding provision of a response to the distributed information on the basis of the body action detected at the sensor unit.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a reproduction apparatus and a reproduction method which enable easier operation of providing a response to distributed information. [Solution] A reproduction terminal including: a reproducing unit configured to reproduce distributed information; a sensor unit configured to detect body action of a user; and a control unit configured to process operation regarding provision of a response to the distributed information on the basis of the body action detected at the sensor unit.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus, and associated method, stores in memory a plurality of application programs. A controller executes the plurality of application programs in a multi-tasking arrangement. When one of the application programs is replaced in the foreground with another application program, an image of the former application program while in an active state is stored in memory. That image is then used as part of a graphical user interface to provide an indication to a user of the other applications that are presently running, and the state of execution of the other application programs when last operating in the foreground.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus, and associated method, stores in memory a plurality of application programs. A controller executes the plurality of application programs in a multi-tasking arrangement. When one of the application programs is replaced in the foreground with another application program, an image of the former application program while in an active state is stored in memory. That image is then used as part of a graphical user interface to provide an indication to a user of the other applications that are presently running, and the state of execution of the other application programs when last operating in the foreground.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus, and associated method, stores in memory a plurality of application programs. A controller executes the plurality of application programs in a multi-tasking arrangement. When one of the application programs is replaced in the foreground with another application program, an image of the former application program while in an active state is stored in memory. That image is then used as part of a graphical user interface to provide an indication to a user of the other applications that are presently running, and the state of execution of the other application programs when last operating in the foreground.

Abstract: A mobile electronic device includes a communication unit connected to a network to which one or more content playback devices and one or more content holding devices are connected, a location query request sending unit that sends to the content playback devices on the network a location query request about content being played back by a content playback device connected to the network, a location query response receiving unit that receives a location query response about the content through the communication unit via the network in accordance with the location query request, a provision request sending unit that sends a provision request for providing the content through the communication unit to a content holding device that holds the content in accordance with the received location query response, and a content receiving unit that receives the content through the communication unit via the network in accordance with the provision request.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus, and associated method, stores in memory a plurality of application programs. A controller executes the plurality of application programs in a multi-tasking arrangement. When one of the application programs is replaced in the foreground with another application program, an image of the former application program while in an active state is stored in memory. That image is then used as part of a graphical user interface to provide an indication to a user of the other applications that are presently running, and the state of execution of the other application programs when last operating in the foreground.

Abstract: A touch panel includes an image creating part that creates a display image including operation buttons, a display part on which the display image is displayed, a touch sensor part in which logical switches are arranged, a storage unit in which to store information about relationships between the operation buttons and the logical switches, an operation detecting part that detects a touch on a displayed operation button, and an updating part that updates the information about the relationships between the touched operation buttons and the logical switches.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a display section provided with a screen capable of displaying a content of an application; a user-input processing section for acquiring an instruction input from a user; and a screen-hierarchy control section for managing a screen hierarchical order of each application when contents of a plurality of started applications are displayed in the display section. When one of at least two applications of a plurality out of the applications is set to be a master application and the other of the applications is set to be a slave application, the screen-hierarchy control section disposes and links the slave application at an immediately lower level than that of the master application in the screen hierarchy, and performs screen-hierarchy control such that the master application and the slave application are moved in the screen hierarchy in a state being linked at the time of updating the screen hierarchy.

Abstract: A mobile electronic device includes a communication unit connected to a network to which one or more content playback devices and one or more content holding devices are connected, a location query request sending unit that sends to the content playback devices on the network a location query request about content being played back by a content playback device connected to the network, a location query response receiving unit that receives a location query response about the content through the communication unit via the network in accordance with the location query request, a provision request sending unit that sends a provision request for providing the content through the communication unit to a content holding device that holds the content in accordance with the received location query response, and a content receiving unit that receives the content through the communication unit via the network in accordance with the provision request.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a display section provided with a screen capable of displaying a content of an application; a user-input processing section for acquiring an instruction input from a user; and a screen-hierarchy control section for managing a screen hierarchical order of each application when contents of a plurality of started applications are displayed in the display section. When one of at least two applications of a plurality out of the applications is set to be a master application and the other of the applications is set to be a slave application, the screen-hierarchy control section disposes and links the slave application at an immediately lower level than that of the master application in the screen hierarchy, and performs screen-hierarchy control such that the master application and the slave application are moved in the screen hierarchy in a state being linked at the time of updating the screen hierarchy.