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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1997
Mitsuru Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present application concerns a server system for delivering signals. Particularly, the application concerns a server system capable of efficiently delivering continuous signals. In the present invention a plurality of reproducing devices are used and connection thereof with a plurality of channels is successively altered so that plural reproducing devices are not connected to one channel simultaneously. This alteration is always carried out or this alteration is carried out according to a pattern preliminarily set so that plural reproducing devices are not connected to one channel simultaneously, whereby upon start of delivery to a certain channel, the delivery can be started without consideration on the delivery conditions of signals to the other channels at that time.