Update notification system, update monitoring apparatus, mobile communication terminal, information processing apparatus, contents acquisition instructing method, contents acquiring method, and program storing medium

摘要

An update notification system is capable of efficiently acquiring updated contents. Provided are an update monitoring apparatus 6 for monitoring contents stored in a server 7 for their update situations to transmit an update notification signal when the contents is updated, a mobile communication terminal 3 for notifying the user that the contents have been updated, in response to receipt of the update notification signal and for transmitting an acquisition instructing signal for instructing acquisition of the updated contents, and an information processing apparatus 2 for downloading the updated contents from the server 7 in response to receipt of the acquisition instructing signal.