Patent ID: 8612036

Claim:
A pairing system comprising: a content identification server that outputs content information in response to an input of audio fingerprint information; a plurality of devices capable of sending audio fingerprint information of audio that can be output from the devices; and a portable terminal comprising: an audio input portion into which audio can be input from outside; an audio fingerprint information generation portion that generates audio fingerprint information of audio that has been input into the audio input portion; a communication portion that, upon sending to the content identification server the audio fingerprint information generated by the audio fingerprint information generation portion, receives first content information, and upon receiving audio fingerprint information from each of the plurality of devices, and send the received audio fingerprint information to the content identification server, receives content information corresponding to the respective audio fingerprint information received from the plurality of devices, and a pairing device deciding portion that establishes a pairing with a device that has sent audio fingerprint information corresponding to content information matching the first content information, out of the received content information.