Patent ID: 7657538

Claim:
A server apparatus for providing content data, the server apparatus comprising: generating means for generating second management data based on first management data, the first management data being used for managing first identification data for identifying the content data locally within the server apparatus, the second management data being used for managing second identification data for identifying the content data globally outside the server apparatus; output means for outputting the generated second management data generated by the generating means to an external apparatus that uses the content data; obtaining means for obtaining a plurality of pieces of content data; and modifying means for modifying the plurality of pieces of content data obtained by the obtaining means into a single piece of content data and outputting the single piece of content data to the external apparatus, wherein the second identification data managed by the second management data generated by the generating means globally identifies the single piece of content data output by the modifying means, the generating means generates the second identification data by performing predetermined processing on the first identification data when the plurality of pieces of content data are defined as elements of a clip and when the first identification data identifies the clip within the server apparatus, and the generating means generates the second identification data by adding a predetermined fixed value to the first identification data.