ASSOCIATED INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION METHOD, ASSOCIATED INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, ASSOCIATED INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, ASSOCIATED INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To distribute associated information to viewers in accordance with providing contents information varied with progress of reproduction without increasing a load of contents information imposed on a transmitter side.;SOLUTION: When a broadcast station 11 transmits contents information including information denoting contents and information for acquiring associated information decided for the contents according to a broadcast schedule, a mobile communication terminal 12A receives the contents information and reproduces the information. When a user requests distribution of the associated information during the reproduction, the mobile communication terminal uses the information for acquiring the associated information to transmit an associated information acquisition request denoting an occurrence time of the request. A gate server 14 attaches information denoting a state o a subscriber possessing the mobile communication terminal to the associated information acquisition request and an information server 16 receives the resulting request. The information server 16 returns the associated information on the basis of the occurrence time and the state to the mobile communication terminal.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO