Information processing device, content providing method and program

1. An information processing device, comprising:

a communicating unit communicating with one or more content servers through a network;

an information obtaining unit obtaining content type information indicating a type of content, which may be provided by each of the one or more content servers, from each of the one or more content servers using communication by the communicating unit; and

a user interface unit, when an attribute information indicating a classification of a type of content in accordance with which content is grouped is a same attribute information indicated by the content type information provided from each of a plurality of content servers of the one or more content servers, allowing a user to select the content type corresponding to the same attribute information as a desired content type out of the content type indicated by the content type information and allowing selection by the user, from a display identifying each of the plurality of the content servers displayed responsive to the selection of the selected content type, of a content server from the plurality of content servers, each of the plurality of content servers providing at least one content belonging to the selected content type, to provide the at least one content,

wherein the content type information is information identifying a type of a container included in a content directory of each of the one or more content servers and determined to satisfy a predetermined condition in which the container is of a predetermined tier in the content directory

wherein the information processing device further comprises a storage unit storing the content type information,

the information obtaining unit automatically obtains the content type information from each of the one or more content servers and allows the storage unit to store the content type information; and

wherein the content type information is determined to satisfy the predetermined condition when the container is of a tier not higher than a second predetermined tier in the content directory.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the user interface unit displays a content type selection screen allowing the user to select the desired content type based on the content type information stored in the storage unit.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2 ,

wherein, when a plurality of content servers are present, the content type selection screen is the screen to display both of the type of the content, which can be provided by a first content server, and the type of the content, which can be provided by a second content server.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, after the desired content type is selected by the user, when a plurality of content servers are able to provide the content belonging to the selected content type, the user interface unit allows the user to further select a desired content out of the content belonging to the selected content type, which can be provided by at least one of the plurality of content servers.

5. The information processing device according to claim 4 ,

wherein, after the user selects the content, the user interface unit specifies the content server providing the selected content and allows the specified content server to provide the selected content.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, after the user selects the desired content type, when a plurality of content servers can provide the content belonging to the selected content type, the user interface unit allows the user to further select any of the plurality of content servers.

7. The information processing device according to claim 6 ,

wherein, after the user selects any content server, the user interface unit allows the user to further select a desired content out of the content belonging to the selected content type, which can be provided by the selected content server.

8. A content providing method, comprising:

obtaining content type information indicating a type of content, which can be provided by each of one or more content servers, from the one or more content servers through a network;

when an attribute information indicating a classification of a type of content in accordance with which content is grouped is a same attribute information indicated by the content type information provided from each of a plurality of content servers of the one or more content servers, allowing a user to select the content type corresponding to the same attribute information as a desired content type out of the content type indicated by the obtained content type information; and

allowing selection by the user, from a display identifying each of the plurality of the content servers displayed responsive to the selection of the selected content type, of a content server from the plurality of content servers, each of the plurality of content servers providing at least one content belonging to the selected content type, to provide the at least one content,

wherein the content type information is information identifying a type of a container included in a content directory of each of the one or more content servers and determined to satisfy a predetermined condition in which the container is of a predetermined tier in the content directory;

wherein the method further comprises storing the content type information, and

the obtaining automatically obtains the content type information from each of the one or more content servers and allows the storage unit to store the content type information; and

wherein the content type information is determined to satisfy the predetermined condition when the container is of a tier not higher than a second predetermined tier in the content directory.

9. A non-transitory recording medium on which is recorded a program allowing a computer controlling an information processing device having a communicating unit communicating with one or more content servers through a network to comprise:

an information obtaining unit obtaining content type information indicating a type of content, which may be provided by each of the one or more content servers, from each of the one or more content servers using communication by the communicating unit; and

a user interface unit, when an attribute information indicating a classification of a type of content in accordance with which content is grouped is a same attribute information indicated by the content type information provided from each of a plurality of content servers of the one or more content servers, allowing a user to select the content type corresponding to the same attribute information as a desired content type out of the content type indicated by the content type information and allowing selection by the user, from a display identifying each of the plurality of the content servers displayed responsive to the selection of the selected content type, of a content server from the plurality of content servers, each of the plurality of content servers providing at least one content belonging to the selected content type, to provide the at least one content,

wherein the content type information is information identifying a type of a container included in a content directory of each of the one or more content servers and determined to satisfy a predetermined condition in which the container is of a predetermined tier in the content directory,

wherein the information processing device further comprises a storage unit storing the content type information,

the information obtaining unit automatically obtains the content type information from each of the one or more content servers and allows the storage unit to store the content type information; and

wherein the content type information is determined to satisfy the predetermined condition when the container is of a tier not higher than a second predetermined tier in the content directory.