Patent ID: 7702807

Claim:
A system for providing a content comprising: a content providing apparatus for providing content, the content providing apparatus including a memory; and a relay apparatus connected to a multi-function mobile telephone through a subscriber telephone network, the relay apparatus being operable to convert a telephone number of the multi-function mobile telephone into an ID code unique to the multi-function mobile telephone, wherein communication between the multi-function mobile telephone and the content providing apparatus is performed through the relay apparatus based on the ID code, the relay apparatus comprising a unit that notifies the content providing apparatus of the ID code of the multi-function mobile telephone, wherein the memory of the content providing apparatus is for storing progress of current game playing, so that if a game is suspended during operation, the game may be resumed at a point of suspension by re-accessing the memory of the content providing apparatus, wherein the system further comprises an information terminal connected to the subscriber telephone network using the multi-function mobile telephone, and wherein the content providing apparatus further includes: a unit operable to provide the content to the information terminal and to provide a key code to the information terminal when the content providing apparatus confirms a completed status in response to accessing of the information terminal, the key code for releasing a specific content hidden in a storage medium; and a unit operable to identify the information terminal to which the content is provided based on the ID code notified by the relay apparatus, so that the memory of the content providing apparatus stores the progress of current game playing at the information terminal identified based on the ID code.