Patent ID: 6996563

Claim:
A terminal apparatus for receiving content information from a distribution apparatus, comprising: storage means for storing a plurality of pieces of said content information; communication means for receiving a plurality of content IDs stored in said distribution apparatus from said distribution apparatus and transmitting at least one said content ID to said distribution apparatus in response to a user request; selection means for selecting one content ID of said plurality of content IDs received by said communication means; and control means for controlling said communication means to transmit said at least one content ID to said distribution apparatus in response to said user request and storing addresses corresponding to said content IDs received from said distribution apparatus into said storage means, wherein said control means controls said communication means to transmit said addresses stored in said storage means to said distribution apparatus such that said communication means receives said content information associated with said addresses from said distribution address at any time said terminal apparatus requests said content information corresponding to said content ID from said distribution apparatus after storing said addresses received from said distribution apparatus into said storage means; said control means controls said communication means to transmit said content ID selected by said selection means to said distribution apparatus; and said addresses include logical addresses, each logical address corresponding to a predetermined physical address of a storage medium provided in said distribution apparatus at which said content information received in response to said user request by said communication means is stored into said storage means.