Patent ID: 8407312

Claim:
A data delivery apparatus, comprising: a receiving section configured to receive a first delivery request from one terminal of a plurality of terminals corresponding to one user ID; a conversion parameter storing section having therein conversion parameter information to convert master content information depending on a display function of the plurality of terminals; a content conversion processing section configured to convert the master content information into a first converted content, by using the conversion parameter information selected based on terminal information contained in the first delivery request for determining a type of the data format which the one terminal can process; a session management table configured to record therein a user ID information corresponding to the plurality of terminals, a session ID information set when executing authentication of the one terminal and recorded with the user ID information, a content ID information contained in the delivery request, and reproduction position information received from the one terminal as well as the correspondence relation among them; and a transmitting section configured to transmit the converted content to the terminal, wherein, when receiving a second delivery request from the one terminal or another terminal of the plurality of terminals, the delivery apparatus is configured to search the reproduction position information corresponding to the user ID information from the session management table based on the user ID information contained in the second delivery request to transmit from the transmitting section to said one terminal or another terminal which has transmitted the second delivery request either of the first converted content or a second converted content, the content conversion processing section is configured to convert the master content information into the second converted content based on the terminal information contained in the second delivery request, so that it can be reproduced from a suspension position of the reproduction based on the reproduction position information.