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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2008
Masahiro Kamei, Nagoya, JP;
Yasushi Yanagihara, Nagoya, JP;
Masahiro Kamei, Nagoya, JP;
Yasushi Yanagihara, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A terminal apparatus in a contents distribution system stores previously connected terminal apparatus, correlated to a contents channel. Also, the terminal apparatus, in the event that an instruction to change a contents channel is issued, selects a terminal apparatus, from among the previously connected terminal apparatus, corresponding to the contents channel for which the change instruction has been issued, and requests of the selected terminal apparatus a connection destination candidate corresponding to the contents channel for which the change instruction has been issued. Then, the terminal apparatus selects the requested connection destination candidate corresponding to the contents channel, and notifies the terminal apparatus which has requested the connection destination candidate. Then, the terminal apparatus receives, and connects to, the reported connection destination candidate.