Patent ID: 7421425

Claim:
An information acquiring apparatus comprising: a memory storing a database, the database having updatable content containing information relating to a media, searchable by key data generated as a function of information stored at a predetermined place of said media, said content including an address of a server relating to the media; means for reading the key data from the media; means for accessing, through the Internet, the server based on the address of the server retrieved from the database, wherein the database is retrieved based on the key data; means for obtaining from the server, through the Internet, an address of a website relating to the media, said website address being different than said server address; means for inquiring of a user whether to execute accessing the website; means for accessing, through the Internet, the website at the address of the website obtained from the server based on a result of the inquiry; and means for updating said content of the database at any time through the Internet by connecting said database to said address of the website obtained from the server; wherein a user selects a location of another database having said updatable content searchable by said key data, said another database being different from said database included in said information acquiring apparatus, wherein said another database is retrieved based on the key data.