Patent ID: 7450596

Claim:
A method for operating a contents processing device having a home network interface for connection to a home network and a telephone network interface for connection to a telephone network, the method comprising: executing protocol processing for communications with a server device through the telephone network; soliciting a set up of connection to the server device through the telephone network, to a gateway device which is connected with both the home network and the telephone network, by using the home network interface; processing contents information obtained by the communications with the server device through the gateway device and the home network interface; and judging whether the communications with the server device directly through the telephone network interface is possible or not; wherein the soliciting step comprises soliciting the set up of connection to the server device through the telephone network to the gateway device by using the home network interface and the executing step comprises carrying out the communications with the server device through the gateway device and the home network interface, when the judging step judges that the communications with the server device directly through the telephone network interface is not possible.