Patent ID: 8095527

Claim:
A system comprising: a portable apparatus configured to store episode information associated with a particular episode of playing content data stored at a first source apparatus, the episode information including content data information about the content data itself and event data describing the circumstances associated with the particular episode; a server configured to: automatically receive the episode information from the portable apparatus subsequent to the particular episode of playing the content data, receive a request for content data from a user, and retrieve the content data from a second source apparatus, based on the request and at least part of the received episode information; and an output circuit for outputting the retrieved content data, wherein: the content data information includes at least a title or ID of the content data; and the event data includes one or more of: a date and time of the particular episode, a location of the portable apparatus when the particular episode occurred, a person near the portable apparatus when the particular episode occurred, and information about the source apparatus.