Control apparatus and control method for resuming content

A control method of controlling a transmitting unit (110, 120) to transmit a content via a network (100) and a receiving unit (130, 140) to receive the content via a network (100). The method includes the steps of obtaining from the transmitting unit, resume information indicating a position at which reproduction of a content is suspended (1221); transmitting to the receiving unit, an indication to reproduce the content beginning at the position which is indicated by the resume information and at which reproduction of a content is suspended (1222); obtaining from the receiving unit, content reproducing information indicating the position at which the content is to be reproduced (1225); transmitting an indication to stop reproduction of the content to the receiving unit (1226); creating resume information by use of the content reproducing information obtained from the receiving unit (1227); and transmitting the resume information to the transmitting unit (1227).