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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Handa, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transmission apparatus configured to transmit, to a receiving apparatus, metadata indicating segment data that the receiving apparatus is allowed to acquire among a plurality of segment data constituting content includes a receiving unit configured to receive, from the receiving apparatus, a request for acquisition of the metadata and an end instruction to end a state in which transmission of the segment data to the receiving apparatus is allowed, and a transmission unit configured to transmit, when the receiving unit receives the end instruction, the metadata containing termination information indicating termination of transmission of the segment data to the receiving apparatus.