Patent ID: 7908370

Claim:
A network type content reproducing system comprising a server, a first client connected to said server, and a second client connected to said server for controlling said first client, the system comprising: said server comprising a storage device for storing a plurality of contents, and a content transmitter transmitting a content selected among said plurality of contents to said first client; said first client comprising a reproducer reproducing the content transmitted from said server; said second client comprising a first instructor instructing said first client to reproduce the content; and said first client further comprising a transmitter transmitting a completion status to said server when said first client finishes reproducing the content as instructed by said second client and transmitting a stop status different from said completion status to said server when said first client finishes reproducing the content selected by said first client or stops reproducing the content midway in response to an operation of a user, wherein said server further comprises a receiver receiving the completion status transmitted from said first client and transmitting the completion status to said second client, and said second client further comprises a second instructor instructing said first client to reproduce a new content next to the content that has been reproduced to the end in response to the completion status transmitted from said server, wherein said second instructor does not instruct said first client to reproduce the new content in response to the stop status transmitted from said server.