Patent ID: 7801554

Claim:
A content reception system, comprising: a server; and a mobile client device which is connected to the server through a network to receive a content transmitted from the server and is mounted on an automobile, wherein the server comprises: a first content storage unit for storing a plurality of contents; a first list storage unit for storing a first content list of the plurality of contents; and a transmission unit for transmitting at least a part of the contents stored in the first content storage unit and a part of the first content list stored in the first list storage unit to the mobile client device according to a request from the mobile client device, and wherein the mobile client device comprises: a second content storage unit for storing contents; a stop detection unit for detecting that the automobile is stopped; a judgment unit for judging that the mobile client device is stopped after a predetermined period of time elapses since the stop detection unit detects that the automobile is stopped; a list obtaining unit for obtaining a content list matching a predetermined search criterion from the first content list stored in the first list storage unit of the server when the judgment unit judges that the mobile client device is stopped; a second list storage unit for storing a second content list of the contents stored in the second content storage unit; an automatic selection unit for selecting a content obtained by a difference between the content list obtained by the list obtaining unit and the second content list stored in the second list storage unit; and a content obtaining unit for obtaining the content selected by the automatic selection unit, from the server.