Patent ID: 8103594

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store: (i) a content which is limited in use based on license information, the license information being correlated with the content, and the license information having a first time condition limiting the use of the content to a first amount of use, and (ii) a second time condition for receiving notification of a state of use of the content, the second time condition being a second amount of use of the content that is less than the first amount of use; a control unit configured to determine whether or not the first time condition of the license information is met, and whether or not the second time condition is met; a notification unit configured to notify a user of information associated with the state of use when the control unit determines that (i) the first time condition is not yet met, and (ii) the second time condition is met, wherein the information associated with the state of use includes a limitation of the content; a receiving unit configured to receive a command to access the content, which is input by the user in response to the notification; a request generating unit configured to generate a license acquisition request, when the command is received by the receiving unit, for requesting a server to send updated license information; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the license acquisition request to the server.