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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2005
Masami Matsubara, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Shin Miura, Tokyo, JP;
Takehiko Hanada, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Akatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Masami Matsubara, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Shin Miura, Tokyo, JP;
Takehiko Hanada, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Akatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transcoder includes transcoder modulesandwhich convert the formats of contents stored in serversandinto formats which can be supported by a renderer, respectively, and an internal controllerfor comparing the format of each content stored in the serversandwith the conversion functions of the transcoder modulesandto create a transcoder content list in which contents which can be supported are described, and for transferring a content acquisition request to acquire a content to the serversand, the content acquisition request being transmitted thereto on the basis of the created transcoder content list.