Patent ID: 8244829

Claim:
A data transmitting apparatus which stores multimedia content including at least one of video and audio, and transmits the multimedia content to a receiving apparatus via a network, said data transmitting apparatus comprising: a storage configured to store the multimedia content and attribute information of the multimedia content; a transmitter configured to transmit at least part of the multimedia content to the receiving apparatus; a receiver configured to receive, from the receiving apparatus, an update request which indicates a resume position and requests updating of the attribute information, the resume position being a position, in the multimedia content to be transmitted by said transmitter to the receiving apparatus, at which playing is to be resumed; and a manager configured to update the attribute information stored in said storage, in accordance with the update request from the receiving apparatus which is received by said receiver, wherein said manager is further configured to update the attribute information stored in said storage, so that resume position information, including the resume position indicated by the update request from the receiving apparatus and a resume position identifier that is set using information of the receiving apparatus that sends the update request, is included in the attribute information stored in said storage.