Patent ID: 8015261
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: first sending/receiving means for sending and receiving information to and from a first information processing apparatus; second sending/receiving means for sending and receiving information to and from a second information processing apparatus; first recording means for recording first content data, which is normal content data, and second content data, which is restricted content data received by said second sending/receiving means; second recording means for recording a list ranking content data from a highest priority to a lowest priority, wherein the highest priority content is the next to be pushed to the first information processing apparatus; updating means for updating the list ranking the content data from the highest priority to the lowest priority recorded by said second recording means; and selection means for selecting data to be sent to said first information processing apparatus from the first content data and the second content data recorded by said first recording means based on the list ranking the content data from the highest priority to the lowest priority recorded by said second recording means in response to a request signal from said first information processing apparatus received by said first sending/receiving means, said request signal indicating that the second content data having the highest priority rank in the list ranking the content data from the highest priority to the lowest priority is to be reproduced, wherein said first sending/receiving means receives a purchase request signal for first content data corresponding to the second content data that is reproduced from said first information processing apparatus; said second sending/receiving means sends the purchase request signal for the first content data to said second information processing apparatus and receives the first content data corresponding to the second content data that is reproduced from said second information processing apparatus; and said first recording means further records the first content data corresponding to the second content data that is received by said second sending/receiving means.