Patent ID: 8156077

Claim:
A content transmission method, in a content transmission system in which a first information apparatus at a network address is connected with a second information apparatus via the network, comprising the steps of: verifying, by the first information apparatus, a hand-held information terminal, which accesses the first information apparatus via the network; receiving, by the hand-held information terminal, identification information of a content and a thumbnail of the content, both of which are stored in the first information apparatus, in response to the verifying of the hand-held information terminal; displaying, by the hand-held information terminal, the received identification information and the received thumbnail on the hand-held information terminal as a content list; accepting, at the hand-held information terminal, selection of a content from the displayed content list; sending, by the hand-held information terminal, the identification information of the content selected from the displayed content list and the address of the first information apparatus at which the content selected is stored, to the second information apparatus; preparing, by the second information apparatus, a content transmission request that is sent to the first information apparatus, the content transmission request including the identification information of the content selected and a destination network address to which the first information apparatus will send the content; receiving, by the first information apparatus, the content transmission request for the selected content; and transmitting, by the first information apparatus, the selected content to the destination network address contained in the content transmission request via the network.