Patent ID: 8019874

Claim:
An apparatus for delivering information to a plurality of user terminals, comprising: a storage unit storing first and second groups of data, the first group of data including a combination of first identification data, first index data corresponding to the first identification data, and second index data assigned to a second user terminal to which first information data associated with the first identification data is delivered, and the second group of data including a combination of the first identification data, the first information data, second identification data identifying a second user terminal and corresponding to the second index data, and profile data related to the second identification data and provided by the second user terminal, and the second group of data being assigned with the first index data; and a processor to perform a process for allowing entry of updated information into said storage unit to update said first information data, and to perform a process for determining an order of the plurality of the second user terminals for delivering the updated information data according to the profile data acquired by reference to the second group of data in said storage unit when the first information data is updated, the updated first information data being delivered according to the order.