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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2012
Kentaro Ushiyama, Nagoya, JP;
Kentaro Ushiyama, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A node apparatus of an information communication system in which a content is distributed and stored by an overlay network configured by a plurality of node apparatuses and which has a center server that manages the content to be submitted to the overlay network, the node apparatus includes: a first creation unit configured to create meta-information that is used in submitting the content to the overlay network; a transmission unit configured to transmit the meta-information created by the first creation unit to the center server; a first reception unit configured to receive the meta-information and an electronic signature verifying the meta-information, which is determined to be proper by the center server, from the center server, and a permission unit configured to permit the meta-information received by the first reception unit to be acquired on the overlay network.