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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2005
Takao Yoshimine, Kanagawa, JP;
Mototsugu Tsutsui, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiko Sueyoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Toshinori Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Hanaya, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Uchiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Takao Yoshimine, Kanagawa, JP;
Mototsugu Tsutsui, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiko Sueyoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Toshinori Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Hanaya, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Uchiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus provides a desired content over a network according to a received schedule time. The desired content is selected from content provided by a client and stored by the apparatus. The apparatus notifies the client over the network that the desired contents cannot be provided at one schedule time if the number of contents to be provided at that one schedule time reaches an upper limit.