Server device, client device, delivery system, delivery and client programs

摘要

There is provided a server apparatus according to which a client apparatus can become aware of recommended reproducing resource settings, and hence an environment enabling optimum reproduction can easily be obtained even if a user has little knowledge. The client apparatus inspects a state of setting of reproducing resources, which is a reproduction environment of the client apparatus, creates reproduction environment setting information, and sends the reproduction environment setting information to the server apparatus along with a user ID. The server apparatus registers the received reproduction environment setting information and user ID, and a contents type suited to the reproduction environment setting information in a management database such that the reproduction environment setting information, the user ID and the contents type correspond to one another, and furthermore acquires, from an MSG table, message data MSG, which is recommendation information, for each reproducing resource determined by the received reproduction environment setting information, and sends this message data MSG back to the client apparatus.