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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2007
Takayuki Fukui, Osaka, JP;
Takayuki Fukui, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In connection management by a conventional server apparatus using IDs, a client apparatus cannot know an attribute of a connection corresponding to an ID. A server apparatus () is an AV server apparatus that distributes content to a client apparatus requesting content data. A communication unit () receives a logical connection establishment request or a physical connection establishment request from the client apparatus. A content data distribution unit () establishes a physical connection for distributing the content data to the client apparatus, when the physical connection establishment request is received. A connection information management unit () establishes a logical connection, when the logical connection establishment request is received or as a result of the establishment of the physical connection. The connection information management unit () further generates an ID (connection ID) that corresponds to the logical connection and belongs to a value range associated with a logical connection category (type).