Patent ID: 8762565

Claim:
A first information reproduction device configured to reproduce an audio data item received from an information-provision system on a network, the first information reproduction device comprising: at least one hardware processor configured to: reproduce the audio data item, the audio data item comprising first and second portions, the first portion being designated for reproduction prior to the second portion; cause to display, after starting reproduction of the first portion of the audio data item, a screen showing a list comprising names of a plurality of information reproduction devices connected to the network; receive a first selection input to select at least two information reproduction devices of the plurality of information reproduction devices in the list, the at least two information reproduction devices being different than the first information reproduction device, the at least two information reproduction devices being selected to reproduce the audio data item; cause to display a first designation of the selected at least two information reproduction devices in the list comprising the names of the plurality of information reproduction devices; receive a confirmation input to confirm the first designation of the selected at least two information reproduction devices; request, after receiving the confirmation input, that the second portion of the audio data item be sent from the information-provision system to the selected at least two information reproduction devices for reproduction; and terminate reproduction of the audio data item on the first information reproduction device in response to a predetermined period of time having lapsed since the request.