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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1996
Toshiyuki Hijikata, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuo Tachibana, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Irie, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuru Nakagaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayuki Yamanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsutoshi Inoko, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Hatano, Kanagawa, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A media information distribution service system, such as a video-on-demand service system, is disclosed which, even if the capacity of a line is small and the number of lines connected to a media server, such as a video server, has to be increased accordingly, permits an uneconomical increase in the number of line circuits in the media server to be checked. In the system, a subscriber group that a distributor accommodates can be associated with a plurality of distributor-side paths on a distributor-side line. Each of the distributor-side paths is connected to a respective one of server-side paths on separate server-side lines connecting the media server and an exchange. In sending media information to a subscriber group, an in-server path control unit installed in the media server is permitted to select a free one out of server-side paths on server-side lines allocated for that subscriber group and activates a line interface corresponding to the free server-side path.