Patent ID: 8266119

Claim:
A contents management system comprising: a management server configured to manage video data; and an information processing device configured to perform a predetermined process on the video data, wherein: the management server and the information processing device are connected to a network; the management server comprises a supplying unit configured to supply the video data managed by the management server to the information processing device according to a request to access the video data, which request is received from the information processing device; the information processing device comprises an acquiring unit configured to acquire reproduction starting point information of the video data according to an instruction to acquire the reproduction starting point information indicating a reproduction starting point of the video data, the reproduction starting point information being a time point at which an elapsed time has passed after starting to record the video data, the information processing device further comprises a generating unit configured to generate, based on the reproduction starting point information acquired by the acquiring unit, link information for accessing the video data, and the information processing device further comprises a storing unit configured to store, in memory used for temporarily storing the link information to be pasted onto document data, the link information generated by the generating unit in association with contents content information descriptively indicating content of the video data to be accessed from the link information, when the link information is pasted onto the document data being edited, the contents content information being selected and set by a user via a user interface; and the video data is accessed based on the link information which is based on the reproduction starting point information so that the video data is reproduced from the time point at which the elapsed time has passed after starting to record the video data.