Patent ID: 8680967

Claim:
A content distribution system which stores a content generated by an apparatus in a storage device by a server computer and sends the content to an information processor, the content distribution system comprising: an apparatus comprising: a first processor coupled to a first memory, configured to: detect apparatus identification information of another apparatus existing in a vicinity, and store the apparatus identification information in association with the content when the content is generated; an information processor comprising: a second processor coupled to a second memory, configured to send the content and apparatus identification information; and a server computer comprising: a third processor coupled to a third memory, configured to: receive the content and apparatus identification information sent from the information processor, refer to a database in which the identification information is stored in association with the apparatus identification information, extract identification information corresponding to the apparatus identification information received, store the content and apparatus identification information received and the identification information extracted in an associated manner in the storage device, and send the content stored in the storage device to another information processor corresponding to identification information received from outside when the identification information received from the outside matches the identification information stored in the storage device.