Ntt Docomo, Inc.

Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Issei Nishimura

Mitsuru Kodama

Makoto Hasegawa

Kazuhiro Mori

Kouichi Yamada

Kouichi Itou

Mitsuyoshi Yamatari

Kazushi Oota

Yuichiro Kohashi

Gentaro Washio

Takanobu Nakamura

Takahiro Tsunoji

Kenjirou Tsuji

A relay apparatusissues a new sub-address at a timing when mobile phones () requested content from a CP server apparatuses (), that is, at a timing when a sub-address is required. The content specified by this sub-address is distributed from the CP server apparatuses via the relay apparatus () to the mobile phones. In system of the present invention it is possible to utilize the same sub-address many times for different content items. It is therefore possible to avoid increasing the number of digits of the sub-address as well as the complexity of the sub-address structure, in a case where the types of content or the number of content items increases.

Content distribution method and relay apparatus

When, for example, an acceptance processing unit, among several acceptance processing units, performs acceptance processing of a reservation request, whether or not there is availability in resources of a video chat device assigned to the acceptance processing unit is checked, and if there is availability in the resource, the use of the resource is reserved.

Chat management system

A video data providing unit () connects to a restricted access providing-side VPN (). A streaming server () connects to a restricted access transmitting-side VPN (). A router () determines whether or not transmitting-side data such as request data or instruction data received via the transmitting-side VPN () is data that has been transmitted from the streaming server (), and whether or not providing-side data such as video data received via the providing-side VPN () is data that has been transmitted from the information providing unit (). The routerthen transfers the transmitting-side data and providing-side data based on those determination results.

Communication system and transfer device

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Tokyo, Japan

Issei Nishimura