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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
May. 22, 2009
Applicant:
Masahiko Yahagi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masahiko Yahagi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04H 60/46 (2008.01); H04H 20/38 (2008.01); H04H 20/42 (2008.01); H04H 60/61 (2008.01); H04N 21/238 (2011.01); H04N 21/2385 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04H 20/30 (2008.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/647 (2011.01); H04W 72/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 60/46 (2013.01); H04H 20/38 (2013.01); H04H 20/423 (2013.01); H04H 60/61 (2013.01); H04N 21/2385 (2013.01); H04N 21/23805 (2013.01); H04N 21/258 (2013.01); H04H 20/30 (2013.01); H04H 2201/37 (2013.01); H04N 21/2402 (2013.01); H04N 21/2408 (2013.01); H04N 21/26216 (2013.01); H04N 21/64738 (2013.01); H04W 72/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A broadcast apparatus transmits data of programs. A broadcast control apparatus measures the extent of viewing requests from users of terminals as scores for programs that are transmitted from the broadcast apparatus, and based on the scores that were measured, determines the service quality that is used in the broadcast of the programs. A communication access network apparatus, upon determination of the service quality of programs by the broadcast control apparatus, broadcasts data of programs that are received from the broadcast apparatus by communication channels having a transmission rate that corresponds to the service quality.