Patent ID: 8681761

Claim:
A gateway apparatus comprising: a control signal conversion unit that receives a selection result of a content from a server, the server being accessed by a terminal via a network for authentication to select the content, the control signal conversion unit, on reception of a predetermined request from the terminal via a network that is different from, or the same as, a network on which the gateway apparatus is installed, identifying a type of the terminal to transmit the request including information on the content selected to a home gateway installed in a home via at least the network on which the gateway apparatus is installed; a reception unit that receives, via the home gateway, a stream or a file, which is the content selected by the terminal, includes at least one of a video and an audio, and is read from at least one of an equipment arranged in the home and connected directly to the home gateway and an equipment arranged in the home and connected to the home gateway via a home network arranged in the home; a conversion instruction unit that creates conversion information corresponding to the type of the terminal; a conversion unit that performs conversion for the stream or the file in accordance with the conversion information; and a transmission unit that transmits the converted stream or file to the terminal via the network that is different from, or the same as, the network on which the gateway apparatus is installed.