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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ryuichi Ishikuri, Kawasaki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A system includes a plurality of communication apparatuses grouped into groups, a delivery apparatus that delivers content to the communication apparatuses that belong to the groups, and a communication control apparatus that performs grouping. The communication control apparatus acquires transmittability of the delivery apparatus, acquires transmittability of the communication apparatuses, and acquires bit rates of the content, and the grouping unit determines total transmittability of the communication apparatuses of each of the groups and a total of the bit rates, and performs grouping such that either higher one of the total transmittability and the total bit rate does not exceed transmittability of the communication apparatuses of a group in a higher hierarchical level.