Patent ID: 8065382

Claim:
A network system comprising: a server apparatus; and an electronic equipment terminal interconnected over a network, wherein said electronic equipment terminal includes: a terminal transmitting unit configured to send a command requesting contents to said server apparatus over said network; and a reproducing unit configured to reproduce digital data of said contents sent from said server apparatus over said network; and wherein said server apparatus includes a server transmitting unit which, on receipt of said command from said electronic equipment terminal, transmits digital data of said contents requested over said network to said electronic equipment terminal, whereby: said command specifies contents stored in a database or broadcast contents, said command comprises a server number, an album number and a track number, when said command specifies broadcast contents, said album number indicates a broadcasting station, and the contents stored in the database and the broadcast contents being demarcated by album numbers such that a first range of the album numbers indicates the contents stored in the database and a second range of the album numbers indicates the broadcast contents.