Information communication terminal, information distribution apparatus, information distribution system, content management method, broadcast reception method, information distribution method, programs and storage medium

An information processing apparatus, comprising:

• a touch panel to detect a user input;
• a wireless interface to connect to a distribution server via the Internet;
• circuitry configured to, via the wireless interface,
• receive identification data of content data available for purchase from the distribution server,
• purchase the content data for a fee from the distribution server based on a first user input detected by the touch panel,
• download the purchased content data for storage in the information processing apparatus,
• send, to a backup server, management data including the identification data of the purchased content data stored in the information processing apparatus, the backup server updates backup data of a user identification associated with the information processing apparatus based on the management data,
• send a request to the backup server with the user identification associated with the information processing apparatus,
• receive a list of identification data of content data identified in the backup data from the backup server in response to the request,
• download the purchased content data without the fee from the backup server based on a second user selection detected by the touch panel of the identification data of the purchased content data from the list of the identification data of the content data,
• receive another list of identification data of content data from the distribution server,
• display the other list with purchase icons of the content data in the other list, the purchase icons are selected by a third user input with the touch panel, and
• change an appearance of one of the purchase icons corresponding to the purchased content data to prohibit a selection of the one of the purchase icons.

An information processing system, comprising:

• a touch panel to detect a user input;
• a wireless interface to connect to a distribution server via the Internet;
• circuitry configured to, via the wireless interface,
• receive identification data of content data available for purchase from the distribution server,
• purchase the content data for a fee from the distribution server based on a first user input detected by the touch panel,
• download the purchased content data for storage in the information processing apparatus,
• send, to a backup server, management data including the identification data of the purchased content data stored in the information processing apparatus, the backup server updates backup data of a user identification associated with the information processing apparatus based on the management data,
• send a request to the backup server with the user identification associated with the information processing apparatus,
• receive a list of identification data of content data identified in the backup data from the backup server in response to the request,
• download the purchased content data without the fee from the backup server based on a second user selection detected by the touch panel of the identification data of the purchased content data from the list of the identification data of the content data,
• receive another list of identification data of content data from the distribution server,
• display the other list with purchase icons of the content data in the other list, the purchase icons are selected by a third user input with the touch panel, and
• change an appearance of one of the purchase icons corresponding to the purchased content data to prohibit a selection of the one of the purchase icons.

A method for downloading purchased content, the method comprising:

• receiving identification data of content data available for purchase from the distribution server;
• purchasing the content data for a fee from the distribution server based on a first user input detected by the touch panel;
• downloading the purchased content data for storage in an information processing apparatus;
• sending, by circuitry of the information processing apparatus to a backup server, management data including the identification data of the purchased content data stored in the information processing apparatus, the backup server updates backup data of a user identification associated with the information processing apparatus based on the management data;
• sending a request to the backup server with the user identification associated with the information processing apparatus;
• receiving, by the circuitry, a list of identification data of content data identified in the backup data from the backup server in response to the request;
• downloading the purchased content data without the fee from the backup server based on a second user selection detected by the touch panel of the identification data of the purchased content data from the list of the identification data of the content data;
• receive another list of identification data of content data from the distribution server;
• display the other list with purchase icons of the content data in the other list, the purchase icons are selected by a third user input with the touch panel;
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• change an appearance of one of the purchase icons corresponding to the purchased content data to prohibit a selection of the one of the purchase icons.