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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2006
Yusuke Mishina, Kunitachi, JP;
Kazuhisa Kaneko, Fujisawa, JP;
Katsuaki Tanioka, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the invention is to variously edit an image recorded in an image recording/viewing system in an image distribution system enabling a recorded image to be viewed using a mobile communication terminal via a fixed communication network or mobile network, such that a result of edition can be viewed alone or along with associated information, and thus, to enable high value-added image distribution. To accomplish the object, the invention provides an information distribution system, to which an image distribution terminal including a broadcast recording system and an image viewing terminal are connected via a communication network, wherein the image distribution terminal includes an image editing system for editing a recorded image, wherein an image edition meta information providing system for providing edition meta information required for the edition is connected to the communication network, and the image editing system edits a recorded image of the broadcast image, using the image edition meta information provided by the image edition meta information providing system, and provides the edited image to the image viewing terminal, in accordance with a viewing request from the image viewing terminal.