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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hiromichi Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/5173 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/5173 ;
Abstract
This invention provides a data distribution system capable of changing dynamically a capability of the data distribution system. In the present invention, there are provided a plurality of distributing servers, a supplying server connected to each of the plurality of distributing servers. In the case that there is a request for a content not included in the disk unit of the distributing server, it is transmitted from the supplying server to the distributing server and concurrently the content is distributed from the distributing server to the requesting set top box.