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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kiyoharu Nishiyama, Saitama, JP;
Kunikazu Tsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/025 ; H04N 7/10 ; H04N 9/00 ; H04N 7/16 ; H04N 7/173 ; H04N 5/222 ; G09G 5/00 ; G06F 1/516 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/025 ; H04N 7/10 ; H04N 9/00 ; H04N 7/16 ; H04N 7/173 ; H04N 5/222 ; G09G 5/00 ; G06F 1/516 ;
Abstract
A system for delivering contents includes a center system which delivers the contents, a plurality of terminal systems which receive the contents from the center system and displays the contents, and communication lines connecting the center system to the plurality of terminal systems. The center system includes a delivery-schedule setting unit which sets a schedule of delivery, and a contents-delivery unit which delivers the contents to the terminal systems according to the schedule of delivery during a time period when a load on the terminal systems is lower than a predetermined level.