Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, application information table supplying apparatus, and application information table supplying method

An information processing method, comprising:

• receiving and processing, by circuitry of an information processing apparatus, broadcast content;
• acquiring, by the circuitry, an application information table for an application which is capable of being processed together with the broadcast content and is to be acquired from a server, the application information table storing first information, and the first information including a distribution number of an access timing of the application to be acquired from the server and including a time range in which access to the server is distributed;
• and
• calculating, based on the time range and the distribution number included in the first information, a random timing at which a request for acquiring the application is transmitted.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, a set of computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to perform a method comprising:

• receiving and processing broadcast content;
• acquiring an application information table for an application which is capable of being processed together with the broadcast content and is to be acquired from a server, the application information table storing first information, and the first information including a distribution number of an access timing of the application to be acquired from the server and including a time range in which access to the server is distributed;
• and
• calculating, based on the time range and the distribution number included in the first information, a random timing at which a request for acquiring the application is transmitted.

An application information table supplying apparatus, comprising:

• a memory configured to store an application information table;
• and
• circuitry configured to supply the application information table to an information processing apparatus, for an application which is capable of being processed together with broadcast content and is to be acquired from a server, the application information table storing first information for the information processing apparatus to calculate, based on the first information, a random timing at which a request for acquiring the application is transmitted based on the first information,
• the first information including a distribution number of an access timing of the application to be acquired from the server and including a time range in which access to the server is distributed, and
• the random timing calculated based the time range and the distribution number.