Patent ID: 7904550

Claim:
An information processing control apparatus connected with a plurality of networks including first and second networks, the first and second networks each having a plurality of information processors capable of selectively providing services such as information including content to other information processors configured as delivery destinations, comprising: at least one processor including a device information and service information acquiring section for acquiring device information and service information of a selected information processor set in the delivery destination configuration in the second network; a service providing section for alternatively providing service by using acquired device information and service information from a selected service provider in the first network; a service use section for receiving and delivering information including contents from the first network by using the service alternatively provided; and a service providing state change section for changing the information processor in the second network to the service providing state; wherein the apparatus changes the information processor of the delivery destination to the service providing state and deliver information including the contents to the information processor of the delivery destination when the information including the contents is received from the first network and when the information processor of the delivery destination in the second network is not in the service providing state, the information processing control apparatus, further comprising: a contents information recording section for recording the information including the received contents; a device rest capacity detecting the recordable rest capacity of the information processing control apparatus; and a contents information deletion section for deleting the information including the recorded contents; wherein the apparatus temporarily records information including the contents by the contents information recording section when the information processor of the delivery destination in the second network is not in the service providing state and receives information including contents from the first network, and the apparatus changes the information processor of the delivery destination in the second network to the service providing state and deletes the information including the contents by the contents information deletion section after delivering information including the contents to the information processor of the delivery destination when the device rest capacity detecting section detects that the recordable rest capacity is less than the predetermined capacity.