INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

摘要

There are provided a device and a method for effectively executing reproduction of a part of a content such as a catchy part in a content transmission/reproduction between a server and a client. Index information as partial data area identification information on content data is set in property information corresponding to a content held in a server. When a content request from a client includes a partial reproduction specification information, the index information is acquired from the property information corresponding to the specified content so that a partial content is acquired and transmitted to the client. With this configuration, the client can enjoy content reproduction of only particular part data such as a catchy part of the content received from the server or a favorite part of the user.