Patent ID: 7784083
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A home server apparatus for receiving, from an information supply apparatus operable to supply section information indicating how contents are each divided into sections, a piece of section information that corresponds to content that is acquired by and recorded in a contents recording unit of the home server apparatus, the home server apparatus comprising: a requesting unit operable to request the information supply apparatus to supply first section information corresponding to the recorded content by sending, to the information supply apparatus, (i) identification information for identifying the recorded content, and (ii) criterion information that indicates a level of performance of the home server apparatus in relation to generating section information; a receiving unit operable to receive the first section information, from the information supply apparatus, when the first section information is supplied from the information supply apparatus as a result of the information supply apparatus judging that the level of performance of the home server apparatus indicated by the criterion information sent by the requesting unit is lower than a level of performance in relation to generating section information stored in a storage unit of the information supply apparatus; a generating unit operable to generate second section information corresponding to the recorded content, the second section information being generated when the information supply apparatus judges that the level of performance of the home server apparatus indicated by the criterion information sent by the requesting unit is equal to or higher than the level of performance in relation to generating the section information stored in the storage unit, and when the first section information is not supplied from the information supply apparatus; and a section information recording unit operable to record therein (i) the first section information corresponding to the recorded content, when the first section information is supplied from the information supply apparatus, and (ii) the second section information corresponding to the recorded content, when the first section information is not supplied from the information supply apparatus.