Patent ID: 7979505

Claim:
A contents reproduction system comprising: a server apparatus for storing contents obtained from external and a plurality of client apparatuses by which the contents stored in the server apparatus are reproducible, wherein the server apparatus is to be connected communicably with the client apparatuses, and wherein the server apparatus includes: a contents obtaining section for obtaining content from external; a contents storage section for storing the content obtained by the contents obtaining section; a client discriminating section for discriminating each client apparatus based on client identification information transmitted from the respective client apparatus; a client release permission setting section for respectively setting whether release is permitted for each client apparatus with respect to newly obtained content: a list preparing section for preparing a respective contents list of the contents stored in the contents storage section for each client apparatus based on setting information for the respective client apparatus from the client release permission setting section; and a list transmitting section for transmitting the respective contents list prepared by the list preparing section to the respective client apparatus, and each of the client apparatuses includes: a list obtaining section for obtaining the respective contents list from the server apparatus; a list storage section for storing the respective contents list obtained by the list obtaining section; a list comparing section for comparing a first contents list stored in the list storage section and a second contents list newly obtained by the list obtaining section to judge whether newly added content is present or not; an additional contents presentation section for presenting the newly added content by a distinguishable form based on a comparison result obtained by the list comparing section; and a contents reproduction section for reproducing the content presented by the additional contents presentation section based on a control signal indicating reproduction.