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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2011
Applicants:
Masahiro Koike, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Gokurakuji, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masahiro Koike, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Gokurakuji, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/167 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cache server control device selects cache servers necessary for storing contents to be reproduced, and allows the selected cache serversstore the contents to be reproduced; the cache server control device herein uses a first threshold value when the number of units of the cache servers, for storing the content to be reproduced related to the judgment, is increased; and uses a second threshold value, being smaller than the first threshold value, when the number of units of the cache servers, for storing said content to be reproduced related to the judgment, is decreased.