Patent ID: 7526522

Claim:
A content-transmitting apparatus operable to transmit a content to a content-receiving apparatus via a network, the content-transmitting apparatus comprising: a non-volatile recording medium configured to store data related to the content, ID information related to the content, information indicating a position of the data stored on said non-volatile recording medium, and reproduction control information related to the content; and a transmitting side control unit operable to transmit the data related to the content, the ID information related to the content, and the reproduction control information related to the content to the content-receiving apparatus, wherein the reproduction control information includes reproduction control information related to a content that has been previously transmitted to the content-receiving apparatus before the transmission of the reproduction control information, said transmitting side control unit is operable to omit transmission of the content that has been transmitted to the content-receiving apparatus before the transmission of the reproduction control information when it is determined that the reproduction control information indicates that the content has not yet been recorded by the content-receiving apparatus, and said transmitting side control unit is operable to transmit the reproduction control information related to the content that has been previously transmitted to the content-receiving apparatus.