# US 2014/0152895 A1 · Electronic device, control method, and control program product > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0152895 A1 - Document ID: US20140152895A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/904,644 - Filed: 2013-05-29 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-05 - Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - Inventors: Hiroshi Kazawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140152895A1 ## CPC - H04N 21/436: Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB {or one or more peripheral devices} inside the home - H04N 21/41265: {having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device (unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204)} - H04N 21/41407: {embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop (constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57)} - H04N 21/42204: {User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor (constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205)} - H04N 21/42208: {Display device provided on the remote control} - H04N 21/4227: {Providing} Remote input by a user located remotely from the client device, e.g. at work - H04N 21/4325: {by playing back content from the storage medium (reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79)} - H04N 21/43615: {Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals (home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805)} - H04N 21/47217: {for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks (specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312)} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a reproduction controller and a transmitter. The reproduction controller is configured to reproduce a first type of information of a first content. The first content includes a plurality of types of information. The transmitter is configured to transmit an instruction to reproduce a second type of information of the first content to other electronic device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: a reproduction controller configured to reproduce either one of first information and second information comprised in a first content, the first information corresponding to video image information of the first content, the second information corresponding to audio information or caption information of the first content; and a transmitter configured to transmit, to other electronic device, an instruction for reproducing other one of the first information and the second information in the other electronic device, wherein the other one of the first information and the second information is different from the either one of the first information and the second information, wherein the reproduction controller is configured to reproduce the either one of the first information and the second information in synchronization with the other one of the first information and the second information reproduced in the other electronic device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a stop controller configured to stop the reproduction of the either one of the first information and the second information, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit an instruction to stop the reproduction of the other one of the first information and the second information to the other electronic device if the stop controller stops the reproduction of the either one of the first information and the second information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a stop controller configured to stop the reproduction of the either one of the first information and the second information, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit, if the stop controller stops the reproduction of the either one of the first information and the second information, an instruction to reproduce the either one of the first information and the second information in the other electronic device from a timing determined by a timing at which a reproduction of the either one of the first information and the second information is stopped, to the other electronic device. ### Claim 4 (canceled) ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a receiver configured to receive a reproduction position of either one of third information and fourth information comprised in a second content that is being reproduced in the other electronic device, wherein the reproduction controller is configured to start reproducing other one of the third information and the fourth information, wherein the other one of the third information and the fourth information is different from the either one of the third information and the fourth information, a type of information of the either one of the third information and the fourth information is the same as a type of information of the other one of the first information and the second information, and a type of information of the other one of the third information and the fourth information is the same as a type of information of the either one of the first information and the second information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a receiver configured to receive a reproduction position of the either one of third information and fourth information comprised in a second content that is being reproduced in the other electronic device, wherein the reproduction controller is configured to correct, based on the reproduction position of the either one of the third information and the fourth information received by the receiver, a reproduction position of the other one of the third information and the fourth information for which reproduction has started, a type of information of the either one of the third information and the fourth information is the same as a type of information of the other one of the first information and the second information, and a type of information of the other one of the third information and the fourth information is the same as a type of information of the either one of the first information and the second information. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit an instruction to correct the reproduction position of the either one of the third information and the fourth information to the other electronic device based on the reproduction position of the other one of the third information and the fourth information for which reproduction has started by the reproduction controller. ### Claim 8 A method for controlling a content executed by an electronic device, the method comprising: reproducing either one of first information and second information comprised in a first content, the first information corresponding to video image information of the first content, the second information corresponding to audio information or caption information of the first content; and transmitting, to other electronic device, an instruction for reproducing other one of the first information and the second information in the other electronic device, wherein the other one of the first information and the second information is different from the either one of the first information and the second information, wherein at the reproducing, the either one of the first information and the second information is reproduced in synchronization with the other one of the first information and the second information reproduced in the other electronic device. ### Claim 9 A computer program product having a non-transitory computer readable medium including programmed instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform: reproducing either one of first information and second information comprised in a first content, the first information corresponding to video image information of the first content, the second information corresponding to audio information or caption information of the first content; and transmitting, to other electronic device, an instruction for reproducing other one of the first information and the second information in the other electronic device, wherein the either one of the first information and the second information is different from the other one of the first information and the second information, wherein at the reproducing, the either one of the first information and the second information is reproduced in synchronization with the other one of the first information and the second information reproduced in the other electronic device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising stopping the reproduction of the either one of the first information and the second information, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting an instruction to stop the reproduction of the other one of the first information and the second information to the other electronic device if the reproduction of the either one of the first information and the second information is stopped. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising stopping reproduction of the either one of the first information and the second information, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting, if reproduction of the one of the first information and the second information is stopped, an instruction to reproduce the either one of the first information and the second information in the other electronic device from a timing determined by a timing at which reproduction of the either one of the first information and the second information is stopped, to the other electronic device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising a receiver configured to receive a reproduction position of either one of third information and fourth information comprised in a second content that is being reproduced in the other electronic device, wherein the reproducing comprises starting to reproduce other one of the third information and the fourth information, wherein the other one of the third information and the fourth information is different from the either one of the third information and the fourth information, a type of information of the either one of the third information and the fourth information is the same as a type of information of the other one of the first information and the second information, and a type of information of the other one of the third information and the fourth information is the same as a type of information of the either one of the first information and the second information. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising receiving a reproduction position of either one of third information and fourth information comprised in a second content that is being reproduced in the other electronic device, wherein the reproducing comprising correcting, based on the reproduction position of the either one of the third information and the fourth information received by the receiving, a reproduction position of other one of the third information and the fourth information for which reproduction has started, and a type of information of the either one of the third information and the fourth information is the same as a type of information of the other one of the first information and the second information, and a type of information of the other one of the third information and the fourth information is the same as a type of information of the either one of the first information and the second information ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting an instruction to correct the reproduction position of the either one of the third information and the fourth information to the other electronic device based on the reproduction position of the other one of the third information and the fourth information for which reproduction has started by the reproducing. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising stopping the reproduction of the either one of the first information and the second information, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting an instruction to stop the reproduction of the other one of the first information and the second information to the other electronic device if the reproduction of the either one of the first information and the second information is stopped. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising stopping reproduction of the either one of the first information and the second information, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting, if reproduction of the one of the first information and the second information is stopped, an instruction to reproduce the either one of the first information and the second information in the other electronic device from a timing determined by a timing at which reproduction of the either one of the first information and the second information is stopped, to the other electronic device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 9) The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising a receiver configured to receive a reproduction position of either one of third information and fourth information comprised in a second content that is being reproduced in the other electronic device, wherein the reproducing comprises starting to reproduce other one of the third information and the fourth information, and a type of information of the either one of the third information and the fourth information is the same as a type of information of the other one of the first information and the second information, and a type of information of the other one of the third information and the fourth information is the same as a type of information of the either one of the first information and the second information. ### Claim 18 (depends on 9) The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising receiving a reproduction position of either one of third information and fourth information comprised in a second content that is being reproduced in the other electronic device, wherein the reproducing comprising correcting, based on the reproduction position of the either one of the third information and the fourth information received by the receiving, a reproduction position of other one of the third information and the fourth information for which reproduction has started, and a type of information of the either one of the third information and the fourth information is the same as a type of information of the other one of the first information and the second information, and a type of information of the other one of the third information and the fourth information is the same as a type of information of the either one of the first information and the second information. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting an instruction to correct the reproduction position of the either one of the third information and the fourth information to the other electronic device based on the reproduction position of the other one of the third information and the fourth information for which reproduction has started by the reproducing.