Patent ID: 8677390

Claim:
A network system comprising: a receiving apparatus for receiving contents; and a recording and reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing the contents received by said receiving apparatus, the receiving apparatus and the recording and reproducing apparatus being interconnected via a network, wherein the receiving apparatus includes: a viewing age limit compliance information acquisition unit that acquires viewing age limit compliance information, the viewing age limit compliance information indicating whether or not the recording and reproducing apparatus is configured to control the recorded content in compliance with a viewing age limit; and an upload control unit that either (1) uploads the received content to the recording and reproducing apparatus if the viewing age limit compliance information indicates that the recording and reproducing apparatus is configured to control the recorded content in compliance with a viewing age limit, or (2) does not upload the received content to the recording an reproducing apparatus if the viewing age limit compliance information indicates that the recording and reproducing apparatus is not configured to control the recorded content in compliance with a viewing age limit, and the recording and reproducing apparatus includes: a storage unit that stores the viewing age limit compliance information, and an address information delivery unit that, onto the network, address information identifying the location at which the viewing age limit compliance information is stored in the storage unit.