CONTENTS PROVIDING SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUSLY PROVIDING CONTENTS SELECTED IN USER TERMINAL DEVICE, META-FILE PROVIDING SERVER DEVICE FOR IT, CONTENTS PROVIDING METHOD, META-FILE PROVIDING METHOD, PROGRAM FOR IT, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to continuously look and listen a plurality of contents without interruption in reproducing contents.

SOLUTION: A contents select information delivery server device transmits contents select information to a user terminal device through a communication network. A meta file providing server device transmits a meta file for causing the user terminal device to obtain the selected contents to the user terminal device according to the selected contents discriminating information. The user terminal device receives the contents select information from the contents select information providing server device, transmits information for specifying the contents selected by the user using the contents select information to the meta file providing server device, and receives a meta file containing location information from the meta file providing server device.

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