Content providing system, content, providing apparatus and method, content distribution server, and content receiving terminal

摘要

A content providing system comprising a content distribution server and a content receiving terminal connected to each other through a communication channel. The content distribution server includes a content storage unit in which content items are stored in association with at least time information and attribute information concerning the time information, a search unit searching, in response to a content providing request, the content storage unit for at least one content item according to a search condition based on the time information and the accompanying information, and a distributor distributing at least one content item to the content receiving terminal. The content receiving terminal includes a time information input unit receiving the input of time information, a request sender sending a content providing request including the input time information and accompanying information to the content distribution server, and a provider providing at least one content item to a user.