Patent ID: 7840529

Claim:
A contents list providing apparatus, comprising: a list obtaining module configured to obtain a list of contents stored in a contents server coupled to the contents list providing apparatus via a network; an updated list generator configured to generate an updated list comprising an updated content based on the list obtained by the list obtaining module; an updated list provider configured to provide the updated list generated by the updated list generator to a communication terminal coupled to the network, and a list request receiver configured to receive, from the communication terminal, an obtaining request for the updated list; wherein, when contents servers are coupled to the contents list provider via the network, the updated list generator is configured to generate the updated list for each of the contents servers, and wherein the list request receiver is configured to receive, from the communication terminal, a list request specifying one or more of the contents servers, the updated list generator is configured to generate the updated list for the one or more of the contents servers specified in the list request, and the updated list provider is configured to provide, to the communication terminal, the generated updated list of the one or more of the contents servers.