Abstract:
An information providing system includes a television receiver, a user terminal, and a connection state management server each connectable to a network. The user terminal can execute a program for connecting with the television receiver. The connection state management server obtains connection state information including an identifier of the television receiver and an identifier of the user terminal, through a network from one of the television receiver and the user terminal connected to each other. Further, the connection state management server scores a degree of relevance representing a level of relevance between the television receiver and the user terminal connected to each other, based on the obtained connection state information. Furthermore, the connection state management server provides the scored degree of relevance to a request source in response to a request from an outside.