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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2011
Koichiro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Koichiro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transmission control apparatus includes: a communication unit communicating with each of communication apparatuses, which are included in a communication system in which communication is executed via one relay apparatus, via the relay apparatus; a determination unit determining, as a transmission apparatus transmitting content data indicating a content to be transmitted, the apparatus with higher transmission quality between the apparatus and the relay apparatus in the communication system based on quality information of each communication apparatus, which is received by the communication unit and includes information regarding the transmission quality between the relay apparatus and the communication apparatus; and a transmission control unit allowing the transmission apparatus determined by the determination unit to concurrently transmit the content data indicating the content to the respective apparatuses of the communication system excluding the transmission apparatus.
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