PRESENCE INFORMATION SHARING APPARATUS, PRESENCE INFORMATION SHARING METHOD, PRESENCE INFORMATION SHARING PROGRAM AND PRESENCE INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM

摘要

A presence information sharing apparatus is provided which includes a video acquiring unit for acquiring predetermined video contents from a content distribution server, a status information notifying unit for transmitting presence information containing acquisition source information on video contents acquired from the content distribution server to a presence server via a communication network, a status information acquiring unit for acquiring presence information transmitted by at least one another user from the presence server, a presence video acquiring unit for acquiring a video of video contents being viewed by the another user as a presence video from the content distribution server based on the acquisition source information contained in the presence information received by the status information acquiring unit, and a display controlling unit for displaying the video contents being acquired by the video acquiring unit and the presence video being acquired by the presence video acquiring unit on a display.