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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2002
Hiroaki Okada, Tokyo, JP;
Keigo Futagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Okada, Tokyo, JP;
Keigo Futagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention relates to an information delivery system, an information delivery method, an information processing apparatus, and an information processing method used advantageously to deliver content stream data easily, reliably and inexpensively to the general users. A personal computerprepares a content file and an order form file using software provided by a center system, and transmits the prepared files to the center systemover the Internet. Given the order form file from a customer device, the center systemencodes a content file accordingly to generate content stream data and causes a moving picture delivery serverto deliver the generated stream data to user terminals. This invention can be applied, among others, to systems for delivering content data over the Internet.