Contents reproducing system

A contents reproducing system comprising:

• a first reproducing apparatus;
• a second reproducing apparatus;
• a network connecting the first reproducing apparatus and the second reproducing apparatus;
• first means for, when the first reproducing apparatus suspends reproduction of a content and there occurs an un-reproduced part of the content, generating first information to identify the content, second information to identify a place storing data representing the content, and third information indicating a bookmark point corresponding to a beginning of the un-reproduced part of the content;
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• second means for, when the un-reproduced part of the content is requested to be reproduced by the second reproducing apparatus, causing the second reproducing apparatus to identify the content in response to the first information, to get the data representing the identified content from the place identified by the second information, and to reproduce the un-reproduced part of the content in response to the bookmark point indicated by the third information.

A contents recording and reproducing system comprising:

• first, second, and third apparatuses;
• a network connecting the first, second, and third apparatuses;
• means provided in the first apparatus for generating a first list of contents represented by data stored in the first apparatus;
• means provided in the second apparatus for generating a second list of contents represented by data stored in the second apparatus;
• means provided in the first apparatus for getting the second list of contents from the second apparatus and combining the first list of contents and the second list of contents into a third list of contents;
• means provided in the second apparatus for getting the first list of contents from the first apparatus and combining the first list of contents and the second list of contents into a fourth list of contents which is equal to the third list of contents;
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• means provided in the third apparatus for referring to one of (1) the third list of contents which is generated by the first apparatus and (2) the fourth list of contents which is generated by the second apparatus.

A contents recording and reproducing system comprising:

• a first reproducing apparatus;
• a second reproducing apparatus;
• a network connecting the first reproducing apparatus and the second reproducing apparatus;
• first means for, when the first reproducing apparatus suspends reproduction of a content and there occurs an un-reproduced part of the content, generating first information to identify the content, second information to identify a place storing data representing the content, and third information indicating a bookmark point corresponding to a beginning of the un-reproduced part of the content;
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• second means for, when the un-reproduced part of the content is requested to be reproduced by the second reproducing apparatus, causing the second reproducing apparatus to identify the content in response to the first information, to get the data representing the identified content from the place identified by the second information, and to reproduce the un-reproduced part of the content in response to the bookmark point indicated by the third information.