A server computer stores user favorites information that relates to the favorites of a user. Whether digital information that has newly occurred on a network suits the favorites of the user is judged based on the user favorites information. If it is judged that there exists digital information that suits...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US6381651?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6381651 - Information processing apparatus and method enabling users to easily acquire information that occurs on a network and suits their favorites