Patent ID: 7668933

Claim:
An information processing apparatus configured to distribute stored content to a client reproducing apparatus connected to said information processing apparatus via a network, comprising: acquiring means for acquiring said stored content as a real item; real item information generating means for generating real item information including information about a location at which said real item acquired by said acquiring means is stored and an own location; extracting means for extracting a range that satisfies a predetermined condition from said real item acquired by said acquiring means; virtual item generating means for generating, of said real item extracted by said extracting means, content made up of a plurality of ranges satisfying a predetermined condition as a virtual item; reproduction sequence list generating means for generating a reproduction sequence list indicative of a location of a plurality of real items including a range satisfying said predetermined condition making up said virtual item, a reproduction range indicative of a range satisfying said predetermined condition in each of said plurality of said real items, and a reproduction sequence of a reproduction range in each of said plurality of said real items; virtual item information generating means for generating virtual item information including said reproduction sequence list and information of an own location; collecting means for collecting said real item on the basis of said generated virtual item information; and distributing means for sequentially distributing a reproduction range of said plurality of real items making up said virtual item on the basis of said reproduction sequence list.