Content providing system and information collecting device and program

An information collecting device configured to collect various types of contents and to provide the collected contents to terminal devices,

• the information collecting device comprising:
• a content collecting unit configured to collect the contents in accordance with a predetermined collecting condition;
• and
• a content providing unit configured to provide the contents to the relaying devices, each content transmitted to the relaying device being relayed to the terminal device connected to the relaying device, a type of content transmitted to each relaying device being determined in accordance with a location of the relaying device.

A computer program product comprising a computer readable instructions that cause a computer to function as an information collecting device configured to collect various types of contents and to provide the collected contents to terminal devices via relaying devices, respectively,

• the instructions cause the computer to:
• collect the contents in accordance with a predetermined collecting condition;
• and
• provide the contents to the relaying devices, each content transmitted to the relaying device being relayed to the terminal device connected to the relaying device, a type of content transmitted to each relaying device being determined in accordance with a location of the relaying device.

A content providing system, comprising:

• an information collecting device including a content collecting unit and a content providing unit;
• a plurality of relaying devices each configured to relay transmission of the collected contents provided by the content providing unit;
• and
• a terminal device connected to at least one relaying device so as to communicate therewith, the contents collected by the content collecting unit being transmitted by the content providing unit to the terminal device via the at least one relaying device,
• wherein the content collecting unit collects contents in accordance with a predetermined collecting condition, and
• wherein the content providing unit transmits the contents to the relaying devices, each content transmitted to the relaying device being relayed to the terminal device connected to the relaying device, a type of content transmitted to each relaying device being determined in accordance with a characteristic of the relaying device.