Information-provision control method, information reproduction system, information-provision apparatus, information reproduction apparatus and information-presentation control program

A method for use in a system comprising an information processing apparatus and a plurality of audio reproduction apparatuses, the method comprising acts of:

• (A) acquiring, by the information processing apparatus, an audio content reproduction request comprising audio content identification information indicating audio content data, server identification information indicating a server which is to transmit the audio content data to one of the plurality of audio reproduction apparatuses on a network, and transmission destination information indicating a particular audio reproduction apparatus, specified by a user from among the plurality of audio reproduction apparatuses, that is to receive the audio content data from the server;
• and
• (B) transmitting, by the information processing apparatus to the server, a request for starting transmission of the audio content data, based on the acquired audio content identification information, the server identification information, and the transmission destination information;
• wherein:
• the act (A) comprises the information processing apparatus acquiring an audio content reproduction request specifying that the particular audio reproduction apparatus is to receive the audio content data from the server in addition to another audio reproduction apparatus previously specified to receive the audio content data from the server;
• and
• the act (B) comprises the information processing apparatus transmitting a request specifying that the audio content data is to be reproduced continuously from the another audio reproduction apparatus and the particular audio reproduction apparatus.

At least one computer-readable storage device storing computer-executable instructions which, when executed by at least one computer processor in a system comprising an information processing apparatus and a plurality of audio reproduction apparatuses, cause the at least one computer processor to perform a method comprising acts of:

• (A) acquiring an audio content reproduction request comprising audio content identification information indicating audio content data, server identification information indicating a server which is to transmit the audio content data to one of the plurality of audio reproduction apparatuses on a network, and transmission destination information indicating a particular audio reproduction apparatus, specified by a user from among the plurality of audio reproduction apparatuses, that is to receive the audio content data from the server;
• and
• (B) transmitting to the server a request for starting transmission of the audio content data, based on the acquired audio content identification information, the server identification information, and the transmission destination information;
• wherein:
• the act (A) comprises acquiring an audio content reproduction request specifying that the particular audio reproduction apparatus is to receive the audio content data from the server in addition to another audio reproduction apparatus previously specified to receive the audio content data from the server;
• and
• the act (B) comprises transmitting a request specifying that the audio content data is to be reproduced continuously from the another audio reproduction apparatus and the particular audio reproduction apparatus.