Patent ID: 7877814

Claim:
A content transferring apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store a plurality of transfer-destined contents; an identification list reception unit configured to receive an identification list from a content reproducing apparatus, the identification list including identification information of at least one specific providing device, wherein the content reproducing apparatus is permitted to reproduce contents furnished with identification information included in said identification list, the identification information furnished with a respective content corresponding to a specific providing device which initially recorded the respective content and the content reproducing apparatus being prohibited from reproducing a content that is not furnished with identification information included on the identification list; a first extraction unit configured to extract, from the plurality of transfer-destined contents, a content furnished with identification information included in said identification list, and to not extract a content that is not furnished with identification information included in the identification list; and a content ID list reception unit configured to receive from said content reproducing apparatus a content ID list including content IDs identifying contents already stored on said content reproducing apparatus; and a second extraction unit for extracting, from the plurality of transfer-destined contents, content furnished with a content ID not included in said content ID list; a content transmission unit configured to transmit content extracted by both the first extraction unit and the second extraction units to said content reproducing apparatus.