Information processing apparatus, communication apparatus, information processing terminal, information supplying apparatus, information supplying method, information supplying system and computer readable recording medium, providing desired information together with related advertisement information

An information supplying apparatus, comprising:

• acquisition request receiving means for receiving an acquisition request for desired information;
• and
• data supplying means responsive to reception of said acquisition request by said acquisition request receiving means, for transmitting said desired information together with advertisement data related to the desired information, to a source of the acquisition request.

In an information processing system including a plurality of terminals executing a prescribed process on a desired information and presenting supplied data, and an information supplying apparatus communicating with an arbitrary one of said plurality of terminals for supplying information to said arbitrary terminal, a method of supplying information, comprising the steps of:

• transmitting an acquisition request for said desired information from said arbitrary terminal to said information supplying apparatus;
• and
• in response to reception of said acquisition request transmitted in said step of transmitting the acquisition request, transmitting and supplying said desired information together with advertisement data related to the desired information from said information supplying apparatus to said arbitrary terminal.

An information supplying system including a plurality of terminals executing a prescribed process on desired information and presenting supplied data, and an information supplying apparatus communicating with an arbitrary one of said plurality of terminals for supplying information to said arbitrary terminal, comprising:

• acquisition request transmitting means for transmitting an acquisition request of said desired information from said arbitrary terminal to said information supplying apparatus;
• and
• data supplying means responsive to reception of said acquisition request transmitted by said acquisition request transmitting means, for transmitting and supplying said desired information together with advertisement data related to the desired information, from said information supplying apparatus to said arbitrary terminal.