Content output device
AssigneeSanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorTomohiro Yamada
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Abstract
An Internet radio device (10), when an N-th radio station server (200) is selected, receives streaming contents from five N−2-th to N+2-th radio station servers (200, 200, . . . ), writes them respectively into five buffers, and reads only the streaming content from the N-th radio station server (200) via the buffer and reproduces it. After that, when a station change operation is performed for a change to a neighboring station, that is, the N−1-th or N+1-th radio station server (200), the Internet radio device (10) reads only the streaming content from the N−1-th or N+1-th radio station server (200) via the buffer and reproduces it.
Claims8
A content output apparatus that outputs any one of N contents (N:
- 2 or any larger integer) individually transmitted through N channels registered in a predetermined order, the content output apparatus comprising:
- a writing means for respectively writing M contents (M:
- an arbitrary integer that is 2 or larger and N or smaller) transmitted through M channels that exist in a predetermined order and include a desired channel into M buffer memories;
- a reading means for reading a content transmitted through said desired channel from any one of said M buffer memories;
- and
- an accepting means for accepting changes of said desired channel in said predetermined order.
A content output control program to be executed by a content output apparatus that outputs any one of N contents (N:
- 2 or any larger integer) individually transmitted through N channels registered in a predetermined order, the content output control program comprising:
- a writing step of respectively writing M contents (M:
- an arbitrary integer that is 2 or larger and N or smaller) transmitted through M channels that exist in a predetermined order and include a desired channel into M buffer memories;
- a reading step of reading a content transmitted through said desired channel from any one of said M buffer memories;
- and
- an accepting step of accepting changes of said desired channel in said predetermined order.
A content output control method to be practiced by a content output apparatus that outputs any one of N contents (N:
- 2 or any larger integer) individually transmitted through N channels registered in a predetermined sequence, the content output control method comprising:
- a writing step of respectively writing M contents (M:
- an arbitrary integer that is 2 or larger and N or smaller) transmitted through M channels that exist in a predetermined order and include a desired channel into M buffer memories;
- a reading step of reading a content transmitted through said desired channel from any one of said M buffer memories;
- and
- an accepting step of accepting changes of said desired channel in said predetermined order.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.