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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2013
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A connection sectionis connected to a client apparatus through a network. A service providing unit provides a service of reception/distribution of a digital broadcast in accordance with a service providing request supplied from the client apparatus. A client information storage sectionstores therein information associated with the client apparatus connected to the connection section. When the service providing request is supplied from a second client apparatus while the service providing unit provides an exclusive service to a first client apparatus, a client information presentation sectionpresents information associated with at least one client apparatus to the other client apparatus. An arbitration sectioncauses at least one of the first client apparatus and the second client apparatus to select whether or not to stop the service for the first client apparatus and to start the provision of the service to the second client apparatus.