Reproducing apparatus and method, information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program

A recording medium having stored thereon a computer-readable program having instructions that instruct a first apparatus to perform a method for reproducing content data, the method comprising:

• performing a particular episode of outputting content data by at least receiving content data transmitted from a source apparatus that stores the content data and outputting the transmitted content data to an output device on the first apparatus;
• storing episode information associated with the particular episode of outputting the content data, the episode information including data that includes at least a title or ID of the content data and one or more of:
• a date and time of the particular episode, a location at which the particular episode occurred, and information about the source from which the content data for the particular episode was received;
• receiving the content data, subsequent to performing the particular episode of outputting the content data, based on a request that includes at least one of the date and time of the particular episode, the location at which the particular episode occurred, and the information about the source from which the content data for the particular episode was received;
• and
• reproducing the received content data.

An apparatus for reproducing content data, the apparatus including a recording medium having recorded theron a control program, the apparatus comprising:

• a communication circuit configured to receive content data transmitted from a source apparatus that stores the content data:
• an output device configured to output the transmitted content data, thereby performing a particular episode of outputting the content data;
• a memory configured to store episode information associated with the particular episode of outputting the content data by the apparatus, the episode information including data that includes at least a title or ID of the content data and one or more of:
• a date and time of the particular episode, a location at which the particular episode occurred, and the source from which the content data was received for the particular episode;
• the control program configured to permit the apparatus to, subsequent to the episode of outputting the content data, receive the content data from another apparatus, based on at least one of the date and time of the particular episode, the location at which the particular episode occurred, and the information about the source from which the content data for the particular episode was received;
• and
• a reproduction device configured to reproduce the received content data.

A system comprising:

• a first user apparatus including a storage for storing content data;
• a second user apparatus configured to communicate with the first apparatus and to output content data stored on the first user apparatus;
• and
• a storage on the second user apparatus configured to store episode information associated with a particular episode of outputting the content data at the second user apparatus, wherein the episode information includes at least a title or ID of the content data, and one or more of:
• a date and time of the particular episode, a location at which the particular episode occurred, and information about the first user apparatus;
• wherein
• the second apparatus is configured to transmit the episode information to a third apparatus;
• and
• the second apparatus is configured to receive the content data based on one or more of the episode information data included in a request that does not include the title or ID of the content data.