Apparatus, system and method for secure information dissemination

An information processing method comprising the steps of:

• controlling acquisition, from said second information identifying apparatus, of content identification information for identifying a content presented by a first information processing apparatus, first information processing apparatus identification information for identifying said first information processing apparatus and second information processing apparatus identification information for identifying a second information processing apparatus;
• forming a judgment on validity of said content identification information, said first information processing apparatus identification information and said second information processing apparatus identification information, whose acquisition is controlled by the processing at said first acquisition controlling step;
• controlling acquisition of user information on a user of said second information processing apparatus;
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• outputting said user information, whose acquisition is controlled by the processing at said second acquisition controlling step in conformity with a result of said judgment formed by the processing at said judgment step as information for receiving said content identified by said content identification information.

A recording medium for recording a program executable by a computer, said program comprising:

• a first acquisition controlling step of controlling acquisition, from said second information identifying apparatus, of content identification information for identifying a content presented by a first information processing apparatus, first information processing apparatus identification information for identifying said first information processing apparatus and second information processing apparatus identification information for identifying a second information processing apparatus;
• a judgment step of forming a judgment on validity of said content identification information, said first information processing apparatus identification information and said second information processing apparatus identification information, whose acquisition is controlled by the processing at said first acquisition controlling step;
• a second acquisition controlling step of controlling acquisition of user information on a user of said second information processing apparatus;
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• an output step of outputting said user information, whose acquisition is controlled by the processing at said second acquisition controlling step in conformity with a result of said judgment formed by the processing at said judgment step as information for receiving said content identified by said content identification information.

An information processing apparatus connected by a network to a first information processing apparatus for presenting a content comprising:

• an acquisition means for acquiring content identification information for identifying a content, first information processing apparatus identification information for identifying said first information processing apparatus and second information processing apparatus identification information for identifying a second information processing apparatus to receive said content;
• an assignment means for assigning customer identification information for identifying a customer to said content identification information, said first information processing apparatus identification information and said second information processing apparatus identification information;
• a request means for requesting said first information processing apparatus to present a content identified by said content identification information through said network instead of requesting said second information processing apparatus;
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• an output means for outputting customer identification information to said first information processing apparatus through said network as information for receiving said content instead of outputting said second information processing apparatus identification information.

An information processing method adopted in an information processing apparatus connected by a network to a first information processing apparatus for presenting a content comprising the steps of:

• controlling acquisition of content identification information for identifying a content, first information processing apparatus identification information for identifying said first information processing apparatus and second information processing apparatus identification information for identifying a second information processing apparatus to receive said content;
• assigning customer identification information for identifying a customer to said content identification information, said first information processing apparatus identification information and said second information processing apparatus identification information;
• requesting said first information processing apparatus to present a content identified by said content identification information through said network instead of requesting said second information processing apparatus;
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• outputting customer identification information to said first information processing apparatus through said network as information for receiving said content instead of outputting said second information processing apparatus identification information.

A recording medium for recording a computer executable program of an information processing apparatus connected by a network to a first information processing apparatus for presenting a content, said program comprising:

• an acquisition controlling step of controlling acquisition of content identification information for identifying a content, first information processing apparatus identification information for identifying said first information processing apparatus and second information processing apparatus identification information for identifying a second information processing apparatus to receive said content;
• an assignment step of assigning customer identification information for identifying a customer to said content identification information, said first information processing apparatus identification information and said second information processing apparatus identification information;
• a request step of requesting said first information processing apparatus to present said content identified by said content identification information through said network instead of requesting said second information processing apparatus;
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• output step of outputting customer identification information to said first information processing apparatus through said network as information for receiving a presented content instead of outputting said second information processing apparatus identification information.