Patent ID: 8601243

Claim:
An information communication system comprising: a first device having a first storage medium built therein or insertable thereinto and removable therefrom; and a second device having a second storage medium built therein or insertable thereinto and removable therefrom and adapted to transmit content data to at least the first device, the second device including first communication means for communicating with the first device, second communication means for transmitting identification information about content data stored in the second storage medium to an external server, and automatically receiving from the external server additional information about the content data that has been found in the external server on the basis of the identification information, control means for causing display means to display the additional information received from the external server by the second communication means in a first area on one side of the display means, the displayed additional information matching an input search condition; for registering in a program list content data stored in the second storage medium based on a user designation of the displayed additional information without regard to a connection of said first device and said second device; and for causing the display means to simultaneously display the program list in a second area adjacent to a left or right side of the first area, wherein the control means controls the first communication means to transfer the content data registered in the program list to the first device in response to the connection with the first device.