Content notification method and apparatus, content processing method and apparatus, and storage medium storing program for executing the method

摘要

A method of notifying contents, which makes it possible to improve operability in obtaining contents. A content is provided to a first user. A second user who has designated the first user is notified of the detected content.

主权项

1. A content processing apparatus, comprising:
a store control unit configured to store a plurality of user IDs and connection information of a plurality of management devices, wherein the plurality of user IDs correspond to the connection information of the plurality of management devices; a display control unit configured to display the plurality of user IDs stored by the store control unit; a user designation unit configured to designate a user ID from the plurality of user IDs displayed by the display control unit; a processing unit configured to reproduce content; a content designation unit configured to designate content to be reproduced by the processing unit; an acquiring unit configured to acquire from a first management device of the plurality of management devices, in accordance with a termination of reproducing of a first content, which is designated by the content designation unit and is reproduced by the processing unit, identification information on a second content provided to a first device corresponding to the designated user ID designated by the user designation unit, wherein the acquiring unit connects to the first management device by using the connection information corresponding to the designated user ID designated by the user designation unit to acquire the identification information on the second content from the first management device; and a control unit configured to control the processing unit to reproduce the first content other than the second content which is provided to the first device corresponding to the designated user ID designated by the user designation unit until the termination of the reproducing of the first content designated by the content designation unit, and to reproduce the second content provided to the first device corresponding to the designated user ID in accordance with the termination of the reproducing of the first content reproduced by the processing unit, wherein the acquiring unit acquires, from the first management device corresponding to the designated user ID, identification information on a third content in a case where a first state in which the second content provided to the first device corresponding to the designated user ID is reproduced by the processing unit is changed to a second state in which the third content is reproduced to a second device corresponding to the designated user ID designated by the user designation unit, and wherein the control unit changes a reproduced content from the second content to the third content in accordance with the acquiring of the identification information on the third content.