Patent ID: 8095555

Claim:
An information processing apparatus, comprising: management data acquisition means for controlling a first communication section, which carries out a first proximity radio communication by a first communication method by which said information processing apparatus transmits and receives information to and from a different terminal apparatus positioned in the proximity of said information processing apparatus, to acquire management data to be utilized for a management of content data from the different terminal apparatus by the first communication method, the management data including at least identification information of the content data and a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of a server, the first communication method having a first communication distance, which is shorter than a second communication distance of a second communication method; selection operation acceptance means for accepting a selection operation for selecting the content data by selecting the management data; decision means for deciding whether or not a second proximity radio communication by the second communication method with the different terminal apparatus is possible; requesting means for controlling a second communication section, which communicates with the server, to issue, in response to said decision means deciding that the second proximity radio communication is not possible, a request for the content data selected by the selection operation accepted by said selection operation acceptance means to the server; and content data acquisition means for controlling the second communication section to acquire the content data when supplied in response to the request by said requesting means, wherein the requesting means controls a third communication section to issue, in response to said decision means deciding that the second proximity radio communication is possible and the selection operation for selecting the content data by selecting the management data being accepted, a content request to the different terminal apparatus by carrying out the second proximity radio communication by the second communication method, and the content data acquisition means controls said third communication section to acquire the content data when supplied in response to the content request.