Patent ID: 8456671

Claim:
A communication system, comprising: a plurality of terminal devices which processes received content information according to service details, the plurality of terminal devices being connected to a private network, a management device which is connected to the private network, the managing device managing service information indicating a type of the service provided by each of the terminal devices, an execution priority of the service and a state of the service, and an information storage device which retains the content information, wherein the terminal device comprises: a first storage portion which stores the service information, and a first transmission portion which transmits the service information to the management device; the management device comprises: a first reception portion which receives the service information from the terminal device, a second storage portion which stores the service information received by the first reception portion, and a second transmission portion which transmits the service information stored by the second storage portion to the information storage device via the Internet; and the information storage device comprises: a third storage portion which stores the content information, a second reception portion which receives the service information from the management device via the Internet, a selection portion which selects the terminal device as the transmission destination for the content information based on the service information, and a third transmission portion which transmits the content information to the terminal device selected by the selection portion via the Internet.