IN-HOME EQUIPMENT, CONTENT HANDOFF METHOD, AND CONTENT HANDOFF PROGRAM

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APP PUB NO 20130305296A1
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13881296

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The in-home equipment comprises: playback availability determining means 11 which, in the case of generation of a playback request for playing back a content on any of the plurality of playback devices, determines whether the playback device requested to play back the content is able to play back the content; and playback instructing means 12 which, in the case where the playback availability determining means 11 determines that the playback device is able to play back the content, causes the playback device to play back the content, wherein, in the case of generation of a handoff request to playback process by the playback device playing back the content to other playback device, the playback availability determining means 11 determines whether the other playback device is able to play back the content, and the in-home equipment further comprises handoff control means 13 which stops the playback of the content and causes the other playback device to play back the content from a handoff position in the case where the playback availability determining means 11 determines that the other playback device is able to play back the content.

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NEC PLATFORMS LTD2-6-1 KITAMIKATA TAKATSU-KU KAWASAKI-SHI KANAGAWA 213-8511

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hashimura, Izuru Shizuoka, JP 1 1
Sakata, Masaki Sapporo-shi, JP 9 43

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