A system is provided to distribute electronic information contents D0
containing advertisement to a user, and process advertisement information
D2 at the user side. This system comprises an information distribution
apparatus 19 for distributing advertisement information D2 to the user;
and a plurality of information processing apparatuses 8 for receiving and
storing the electronic information contents D0 distributed from the
information distribution apparatus 19, reading out the electronic
information contents D0 according to the user operation, and processing
the electronic information contents D2, thereby outputting the
advertisement video image and its audio. With this configuration, after
receipt of advertisement information, the user can see and hear an
advertisement video image or audio freely processed with respect to an
advertisement by the information processing apparatuses 8 in unreal time
(asynchronously) like playing a game.In this manner, there can be
constructed a electronic advertisement medium which reverses a concept of
an advertisement of big four mass media, the advertisement having been
supplied one-sidedly conventionally, and which performs an advertisement
interactively.