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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2001
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Tomihiro Nakagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunsuke Furukawa, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuru Toriyama, Chiba, JP;
Tatsuya Inokuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaoru Kijima, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuko Sakurai, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Kudo, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshimasa Utsumi, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Tange, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Tomihiro Nakagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunsuke Furukawa, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuru Toriyama, Chiba, JP;
Tatsuya Inokuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaoru Kijima, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuko Sakurai, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Kudo, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshimasa Utsumi, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Tange, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a content-on-demand system capable of managing users' system-utilization frequencies such as download counts and connection times as well as changing the quality of a content transmitted from a server to a user in dependence on the system-utilization frequency of the user. Thus, a high-quality content or a highly functional content is provided to a user with a high system-utilization frequency. By differentiating contents provided to users in accordance with the system-utilization frequencies of the users, network businesses can be activated.