Information delivery system, distributor's apparatus, recipient's apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium

A recipient's apparatus comprising:

• distribution information reception unit configured to automatically receive distribution information with extended distribution information via a network;
• detection unit configured to detect an operating state of a predetermined application program in the recipient's apparatus when the distribution information reception unit has received the distribution information;
• determination unit configured to determine an output mode of the distribution information based on the extended distribution information and a result of detection by the detection unit;
• and
• output unit configured to output the distribution information in accordance with the output mode determined by the determination unit.

A distributor's apparatus comprising:

• setting unit configured to set extended distribution information representing a correspondence between a plurality of output modes of distribution information and a plurality of operating states of a predetermined application program in a recipient's apparatus;
• and
• transmission unit configured to transmit distribution information with the extended distribution information via a network,
• wherein the distribution information is output by the recipient's apparatus in accordance with the output mode determined based on the extended distribution information and the operating state of the predetermined application program in the recipient's apparatus when the recipient's apparatus has received the distribution information with the extended distribution information.

A method executed by a recipient's apparatus, the method comprising steps of:

• automatically receiving distribution information with extended distribution information via a network;
• detecting an operating state of a predetermined application program in the recipient's apparatus upon receiving the distribution information;
• determining an output mode of the distribution information based on a result of detection and the extended distribution information;
• and
• outputting the distribution information in accordance with the determined output mode.