according to an illustrative embodiment , an information processing apparatus is provided . the information processing apparatus includes a storage for storing content identification and content type information in association with each other , the content identification identifying a content that a renderer acquired from a server and reproduced ; an input unit for receiving a reproduction request specifying the content type information ; and a transmission unit for retrieving the content identification associated with the specified content type information from the storage and transmitting to the renderer an instruction for reproduction , the instruction for reproduction including the content identification .