Information playback apparatus having expansion information...

Details Information playback apparatus having expansion information... Information playback apparatus having expansion information...

2003-12-08

2009-08-25

Chevalier, Robert (Department: 2621)

Motion video signal processing for recording or reproducing

Local trick play processing

With randomly accessible medium

C386S349000, C386S349000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07580614

ABSTRACT:
An information playback apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention has a first acquisition unit configured to acquire contents from an information storage medium, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire expansion information from at least one of the information storage medium and an external apparatus via a communication line, a storage unit configured to store the expansion information acquired by the second acquisition unit in accordance with the type of information, and a playback unit configured to play back the contents acquired by the first acquisition unit, and to play back the expansion information stored in the storage unit in synchronism with playback of the contents.

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