Patent ID: 8732336

Claim:
An information processing system including a distributor's apparatus and a recipient's apparatus on a network, the recipient's apparatus comprising: a display control unit, when a predetermined program is activated, displaying a window of the predetermined program on a display unit using one of a plurality of display forms; a request unit, when the predetermined program is being activated, automatically requesting the distributor's apparatus to transmit basic distribution information; a reception unit receiving the requested basic distribution information, extended distribution information that corresponds to the requested basic distribution information, and audio information from a distributor's apparatus via the network, the extended distribution information including a display arrangement pattern of the basic distribution information per respective one of the plurality of display forms of the window of the predetermined program and playback mode information representing a playback mode of the audio information per respective one of volume settings and the detected state of volume setting; a detection unit detecting the display form of the window of the predetermined program displayed by the display control unit and a state of volume setting, when the basic distribution information to be displayed on the display unit is received by the reception unit; and an output control unit displaying the basic distribution information on the display unit using the display arrangement pattern that is determined based on the extended distribution information and the detected display form and to playback the audio information based on the extended distribution information, and the distributor's apparatus comprising: a setting unit setting the display arrangement pattern of the basic distribution information per respective one of the plurality of display forms of the window of the predetermined program and the playback mode information representing a playback mode of the audio information per respective one of volume settings in the extended distribution information; and a transmission unit, in response to receiving the request from the recipient's apparatus via the network, transmitting the requested basic distribution information and the corresponding extended distribution information generated by the setting unit via the network, wherein each of the recipient's apparatus and the distributor's apparatus comprises a processor executing a program stored in a memory to implement at least a part of function of at least one of the units.