Patent ID: 7409421

Claim:
A program drawing-up method comprising: a step of registering client information on a user in advance; a step of acquiring a delivery request from a client apparatus; a step of acquiring the client information based on the delivery request; a step of retrieving contents data according to the delivery request and the client information; a step of generating auxiliary data to be delivered in combination with the retrieved contents data based on the retrieved contents data and the client information; and a step of drawing up a program indicating the sequence of delivery of the contents data and the auxiliary data according to the delivery request, wherein: the contents data retrieving step acquires data on the results of retrieval including information on the storage locations of the retrieved contents data, the program drawing-up step acquires the information on the storage locations of the contents data and information on the storage locations of the auxiliary data generated by the auxiliary data generation section and draws up a program, sequentially arranging the pieces of information on the storage locations in the order of delivery, the data on the results of retrieval include information on the storage locations of the contents data and contents profile information relating to the retrieved contents data, the auxiliary data generating step generates auxiliary data, utilizing the contents profile information, the auxiliary data are narration data relating to the contents data, and the auxiliary data are narration data relating to a program prologue and a program epilogue.