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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2002
Shigehiko Nishizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsushi Fujii, Chiba, JP;
Shigehiko Nishizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsushi Fujii, Chiba, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In content distribution, even if a reservation for a distribution channel and a distribution time slot is not performed before a predetermined time is reached, in response to a real-time distribution reservation request from a user PC, a predetermined time period including a current time at which the request is received is reserved in a channel which is unoccupied at the current time. A reservation setting information file concerning the reservation is also transmitted to the user PC, and reservation data is sent to a server-use reservation management center. Thus, the content received from the user PC is immediately distributed to clients via a streaming server according to the reservation setting information file.