Patent ID: 7426593

Claim:
An information processing system including: a transmitting terminal; and a receiving terminal for receiving content from the transmitting terminal, wherein the transmitting terminal includes: first displaying means for displaying, synchronously with the receiving terminal, a portion of the content that has been transmitted to the receiving terminal; second displaying means for displaying a portion of the content that has yet to be transmitted to the receiving terminal; saving flag setting means for setting a saving flag, the saving flag specifying whether to permit or prohibit the receiving terminal to save the content after the receiving terminal receives and displays the content, the saving flag being set while the first displaying means is displaying the portion of the content that has been transmitted to the receiving terminal and while the second displaying means is displaying the portion of the content that has yet to be transmitted to the receiving terminal; adding means for adding the saving flag to the content; and transmitting means for transmitting the content to the receiving terminal with the saving flag, and wherein the receiving terminal includes: receiving means for receiving the content from the transmitting terminal; third displaying means for displaying the received content synchronously with the transmitting terminal; saving setting means for setting whether to save the received content, the setting being made while the third displaying means is displaying the received content; determining means for determining whether the saving flag permits or prohibits saving the received content; and saving means for saving the received content when the setting indicates to save the received content and the saving flag indicates that the saving of the received content is permitted.