Patent ID: 8380818

Claim:
An information processing system, including a processor and a memory unit, comprising: first and second information processing devices, coupled to the memory unit, configured to perform communication through a network; and a third information processing device for downloading data through said network from a distribution server configured to distribute data, the third information processing device being connected, through a local network, to a router which is connected to the distribution server through said network, and functioning as a client for receiving provision of a download control service and downloading a content of a predetermined codec suitable for a type of the third information processing device; wherein said first information processing device includes first transmission means configured to, in the case of data to be downloaded being selected, transmit a download request for requesting downloading of data to the second information processing device through said network along with data identification information for identifying the data to be downloaded, and device identification information for identifying the third information processing device for performing downloading of data; wherein said second information processing device, which provides a download control service for controlling the third information processing device to perform downloading of data from the distribution server to the third information processing device through the network, includes second transmission means configured to transmit a download request for requesting downloading of data to the third information processing device identified with said data identification information and said device identification information in response to the download request from said first information processing device; and wherein said third information processing device includes download means configured to download data identified with said data identification information from said distribution server through said network in response to the download request from said second information processing device, wherein the first, second and third information processing devices are located at different locations, and the second information processing device accesses and controls the third information processing device through the network, wherein a user, located at a first location where the third information processing device is not located, downloads a desired content to the third information processing device, which is located at a second location, by operating the first information processing device, which is located at the first location, without operating the third information processing device, and the user is able to playback the desired content on the third information processing device immediately after arriving at the second location where the third information processing device is located.