Patent ID: 7784078

Claim:
An information processing system configured by a first information processing apparatus, a second information processing apparatus for exchanging information with said first information processing apparatus and a third information processing apparatus for controlling to exchange information between said first information processing apparatus and said second information processing apparatus, that are connected to a network, said information processing system characterized in that: said first information processing apparatus sends a destination of provision, where picture-recording program information is to be provided, to said third information processing apparatus through said network, together with said picture-recording program information about a to-be-picture-recorded program; said third information processing apparatus registering said picture-recording program information sent from said first information processing apparatus through said network, and sending said picture-recording program information registered to said second information processing apparatus through said network in the case said second information processing apparatus is said destination of provision; said second information processing apparatus receiving said picture-recording program information stored in said third information processing apparatus by said first information processing apparatus, from said third information processing apparatus through said network; whereby the destination of provision information comprises a user identification identifying the second information processing apparatus, the picture-recording program information is provided from a user of the first information processing apparatus to the third information processing apparatus, and the third information processing apparatus is operable to provide the picture-recording program information to the second information processing apparatus as identified by the user identification, the user identification being provided in response to an input of information about another user at the first information processing apparatus such that the user of the first information processing apparatus provides to the third information processing apparatus information about the another user identifying the second information processing apparatus.