| 摘要 |
<p>An apparatus and a method are provided, which enable a service corresponding to content stored in an information recording medium to be provided only to a device having a valid information recording medium. In a configuration in which content is provided as stored in an information recording medium, and service providing processing is performed from a networked service providing server, the service providing server verifies an information recording medium ID transmitted thereto from a user device, and judges whether or not a service is providable on the basis of service providing situation data for each of the information recording medium IDs, to provide the service. The service is provided only in a case where an information processing apparatus having transmitted a service request is one having read a valid information recording medium ID and the providing of the service is permitted on the basis of the service providing situation data.</p> |
