Patent ID: 9053105
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information search server comprising: a database including a table storing a progress status of content, and information related to the content at the progress status in a mutually associated manner, and a table storing user information with respect to a content playback apparatus, an identifier of the content playback apparatus, and an identifier of a terminal apparatus which differs from the content playback apparatus, in a mutually associated manner; a connecting user management unit configured to manage the user information with respect to the content playback apparatus connected to the information search server; and a related information acquisition unit configured to acquire, via a network, a current progress status of content that is being played back on the content playback apparatus, and to search the database so as to acquire related information that corresponds to the content at the current progress status that is being played back on the content playback apparatus, wherein the connecting user management unit is configured to search the database so as to identify the terminal apparatus which is connected to the information search server, and which differs from the content playback apparatus, and wherein the related information acquisition unit is configured to transmit the related information to the terminal apparatus identified by the connecting user management unit.