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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2009
Applicant:
Hiroaki Mihara, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroaki Mihara, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a network system for sending data to a plurality of terminals, a data processing apparatus has a plurality of coding units that code outgoing data including at least video or voice data for transmission to terminals over a network. The data processing apparatus obtains information about the terminals, groups the terminals according to the information, and transmits the coded outgoing data obtained from each coding unit to a different group of terminals. Appropriate grouping of the terminals conserves both network and coding resources and enables the quality of the data transmitted to the terminals to be improved at a low cost.