Patent ID: 8185577

Claim:
A content management apparatus comprising: content storage means for storing a piece of content in association with a content unique identifier; content transmission means for transmitting, to a web server, the piece of content and the associated content unique identifier; intra-server management identifier receiving means for receiving, from the web server, an intra-server management identifier in response to transmission of the piece of content and the content unique identifier associated with the piece of content, the intra-server management identifier identifying the piece of content on the web server; a management table storage means for storing the content unique identifier in association with the intra-server management identifier; content information updating means for receiving a content information updating message containing content information relating to the piece of content and the intra-server management identifier from the Web server; identifier conversion means for converting the intra-server management identifier contained in the content information updating message into the content unique identifier by referring to the management table storage means; and content management means for allowing the content storage means to store the content information on the basis of the content unique identifier.