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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2011
Applicants:
Hideki Nishimura, Osaka, JP;
Jiro Kiyama, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Hideki Nishimura, Osaka, JP;
Jiro Kiyama, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/237 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/237 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/8126 (2013.01); H02J 3/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A content distribution system that is supplied with power from a plurality of power sources having different environmental loads and that distributes content to a content playback apparatus connected via a communication circuit, the content distribution system distributing content with respect to a content distribution request from the content playback apparatus with a service quality that is determined so as to suppress the environmental load by the power supplied from the plurality of power sources to a predetermined environmental load.