Abstract:
An information-processing device transmitting an audiovisual distribution start request mutually with another information-processing device to, thereby, start the audiovisual distribution or reception including: a distribution request part that transmits the distribution start request to another information-processing device; a distribution response part that transmits a distribution start response for the distribution start request from another information-processing device to the another information-processing device; and a distribution control part that controls the distribution request part or the distribution response part upon start of the audiovisual distribution or reception to regulate transmission of the distribution start request or the distribution start response.