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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2003
Osamu Fukushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Hajime Fujii, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshi Ozaki, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a data providing server, whether or not specified compressed content data Dgenerated by means of a specified compression coding method corresponding to terminal identification information has been stored in a content databaseis detected, according to content specifying data Dtransmitted from a portable dedicated terminal. If the specified compressed content data Dhas been stored, the data providing serverreads and transmits this to the portable dedicated terminal. And if the specified compressed content data Dhas not been stored, the data providing servergenerates the specified compressed content data Dby means of the specified compression coding method, and transmits this to the portable dedicated terminal. Thereby, the specified compressed content data Dgenerated by means of a specified decoding method can be properly provided to the portable dedicated terminal, and the user can easily view a content based on the content data.