Content reproduction apparatus, content receiving apparatus, method of reproducing content, program, and content reproduction system

A content receiving apparatus comprising:

• a content data obtaining unit to obtain content data, being reproduced on a second external device based on control by a first external device conforming to a first communication standard, from the second external device by communication according to a second communication standard different than the first communication standard;
• a content reproduction unit to reproduce the content data obtained by the content data obtaining unit;
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• a plurality of data converting units, wherein each data converting unit of the plurality of data converting units receives data from an external device and performs data transmission with at least one other data converting unit.

A method of reproducing content, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving from a first external device conforming to a first communication standard a request to reproduce content data selected by the first external device;
• in response to the received request, obtaining the content data from a second external device conforming to the first communication standard that stores the content data selected by the first external device;
• reproducing the obtained content data;
• using at least one of a plurality of data converting units, converting the content data being reproduced into data which can be transmitted according to a second communication standard different than the first communication standard;
• transmitting the converted content data to a third external device conforming to the second communication standard;
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• transmitting data between a first data converting unit and a second data converting unit of the plurality of data converting units.

A non-transitory computer readable medium on which is stored a program for causing a computer to implement:

• a reproduction request receiving function of receiving from a first external device conforming to a first communication standard a request to reproduce content data selected by the first external device;
• a content data obtaining function of obtaining the content data from a second external device conforming to the first communication standard that stores the content data selected by the first external device;
• a reproducing function of reproducing the content data obtained by the content data obtaining function;
• a data converting function of converting data which can be transmitted according to the first communication standard into data which can be transmitted according to a second communication standard different than the first communication standard;
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• a data transmitting function of transmitting data between a first data converting unit and a second data converting unit of a plurality of data converting units.

A non-transitory computer readable medium on which is stored a program for causing a computer to implement:

• a content data obtaining function of obtaining converted content data when content data being reproduced on a second external device based on control by a first external device conforming to a first communication standard is converted by the second external device into data which can be transmitted according to a second communication standard different than the first communication standard;
• a reproducing function of reproducing the content data obtained by the content data obtaining function;
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• a data conversion and transmitting function of converting data by at least one of, and transmitting data between two or more of, a plurality of data converting units.

A content reproduction system comprising:

• a content management server including a storage unit to store predetermined content data and a content data providing unit to provide the content data to an external device conforming to a first communication standard;
• a reproduction control apparatus including a content data obtaining unit to obtain a list of the content data managed by the content management server and a reproduction apparatus control unit to request the external device conforming to the first communication standard to reproduce content data selected from the obtained list of the content data;
• a content reproduction apparatus including a content data obtaining unit to obtain the content data selected by the reproduction control apparatus from the content management server in response to the request from the reproduction control apparatus a content reproduction unit to reproduce the obtained content data, a plurality of data converting units to convert data which can be transmitted according to the first communication standard into data which can be transmitted according to a second communication standard different than the first communication standard, and a converted data transmitting unit to transmit the data which is converted by the data converting unit and can be transmitted according to the second communication standard to an external device conforming to the second communication standard;
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• a content receiving apparatus including a content data obtaining unit to obtain the content data being reproduced by the content reproduction apparatus from the content reproduction apparatus by communication according to the second communication standard and a content reproduction unit to reproduce the content data obtained by the content data obtaining unit;
• wherein each of the plurality of data converting units, each data converting unit receives data from an external device and each of the data converting units performs data transmission with at least one other data converting unit.