Patent ID: 8301695

Claim:
A method for controlling a content by using a terminal, comprising: receiving, by the terminal, a first content and a first content ID associated with the first content, wherein the first content and the first content ID are received from one or more other terminals at multiple times; transmitting, by the terminal, the first content ID and spam information related to the first content ID to a content managing server, wherein the content managing server determines whether or not the first content is a spam based on criteria, and generates indication information based on the determination result, wherein the criteria include the spam information and overriding information indicating that the first content is not a spam despite other information being considered, wherein the criteria further include additional spam information indicating that the first content is to be considered as the spam from the one or more other terminals, and wherein the additional spam information for the first content from the one or more other terminals is weighted differently; receiving the first content ID and the indication information indicating that the first content is a spam from the content managing server; receiving a second content and a second content ID associated with the second content; comparing the second content ID, with the first content ID and the indication information; and processing the second content based on the comparison result.