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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2004
Takumi Tanabe, Hyogo, JP;
Kazuhide Sawabe, Fukuoka, JP;
Takumi Tanabe, Hyogo, JP;
Kazuhide Sawabe, Fukuoka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In a network system for transmitting and receiving contents with one or more pieces of additional information corresponding to an internal attribute of the contents, a contents server can decide the data to be transmitted without regard to a division transfer method supposed for a contents receiving apparatus. The contents server includes storage unit holding one or more contents, contents data acquisition unit receiving a data request including request range information of the contents out of consideration for the additional information and extracting the data of the contents in a requested range out of the storage unit, and transmitting unit transmitting the extracted data of the contents with the additional information. The contents receiving apparatus includes receiving unit receiving the data of the contents with the additional information that are transmitted from the transmitting unit, received data decision unit deciding a receiving request range of the contents out of consideration for the additional information, and data request transmitting unit transmitting the data request including request range information.