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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2013
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Shuichi Watanabe, Osaka, JP;
Maki Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Abstract
A distribution server () according to the present invention acquires composition information () including information specifying each of a plurality of components included in acquired content and information indicating a reproduction mode of the components, and includes a composition information generation unit () rewriting a part of the information included in the composition information () in a reference format to generate main composition information and to generate sub-composition information including the information referred to with the main composition information and a distribution control unit () distributing the main composition information and the sub-composition information generated by the composition information generation unit (). Thus, the composition information can be distributed with high efficiency without using on-demand distribution.