Information processing apparatus, URL providing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• an identifier input part for inputting an identifier of an individual, organization or apparatus;
• a URL list request information generating part for generating a URL list request information including a request of a URL list having a URL list and said identifier;
• a communicating part for transmitting said URL list request information to a URL list providing apparatus, receiving said URL list from said URL list providing apparatus, transmitting URL access information for access to a URL generated by a URL list processing part, and receiving information transmitted from said URL;
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• said URL list processing part for generating said URL access information on the basis of said received URL list for transmitting to said communicating part, receiving information from said URL received by said communicating part, and generating and outputting an image signal or an audio signal on the basis of said information.

A URL list providing apparatus comprising:

• a communicating part for receiving URL list request information which includes a request of a URL list having a URL list and an identifier of an individual, organization or apparatus from an information processing apparatus and for transmitting said URL list to said information processing apparatus;
• a database storage part for storing said identifier and URL information, or said URL list associated with said identifier;
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• a URL list extracting part for generating said URL list associated with said inputted identifier from extracted URL information from said database storage part or selecting said URL list associated with said inputted identifier from said database storage part on the basis of said URL list request information, and then transmitting said generated or selected URL list to said communicating part.

An information processing method comprising:

• an identifier input step of inputting an identifier of an individual, organization or apparatus;
• a URL list request information generating step of generating a URL list request information including a request of a URL list having a URL list and said identifier;
• a first transmitting step of transmitting said URL list request information to a URL list providing apparatus;
• a first receiving step of receiving said URL list from said URL list providing apparatus;
• a URL access information generating step of generating URL access information for access to a URL on the basis of said received URL list;
• a second transmitting step of transmitting said URL access information;
• a second receiving step of receiving information transmitted from said URL in accordance with said URL access information;
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• an information processing step of generating an image signal or an audio signal on the basis of said information received at said second receiving step and outputting said image signal or said audio signal.

A URL list providing method comprising:

• a receiving step of receiving a URL list request information including a request of a URL list having a URL list and an identifier of an individual, organization or apparatus;
• a URL list extracting step of generating or selecting said URL list associated with said inputted identifier on the basis of said URL list request information;
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• a transmitting step of transmitting said generated or selected URL list to said information processing apparatus.