Patent ID: 7949604

Claim:
An information providing system characterized in that, reproduction data, in which content to be reproduced and an order of reproduction are defined, is transmitted from a first information processing apparatus through a network to a second information processing apparatus, and the second information processing apparatus registers the reproduction data which was sent from the first information processing apparatus and adds utilization information which relates to utilization of the content, registration of the reproduction data being rejected when a zone which should be viewed and heard by all means is not included in the reproduction data, and a third information processing apparatus receives delivery of the reproduction data to which the utilization information was added, from the second information processing apparatus through the network, and on the basis of the reproduction data whose delivery was received, the content can be utilized, the utilization information being determined according to data that cross-references a plurality of contents with respective utilization information, and the utilization information specifying a predetermined portion of the content as a portion which should always be reproduced.