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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2008
Hajime Maekawa, Osaka, JP;
Kenichi Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Maekawa, Osaka, JP;
Kenichi Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A server includes a request information receiving section which receives request information, a correspondence information storage section which stores correspondence information indicating the correspondence of a plurality of content holding devices with content information including fragment content information held by each of the plurality of content holding devices, a specifying section which specifies two or more content holding devices and a plurality of fragment content information elements included in the content information held by the two or more content holding devices, using the correspondence information, so that a series of content information elements requested in the request information can be configured by the plurality of fragment content information elements, and an instruction information transmitting section which transmits instruction information, instructing that specified fragment content information be transmitted to the content receiving device, to a specified content holding device.