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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2009
Applicants:
Shusuke Utsumi, Minato-ku, JP;
Ryusuke Sawatari, Minato-ku, JP;
Inventors:
Shusuke Utsumi, Minato-ku, JP;
Ryusuke Sawatari, Minato-ku, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
If an instruction is provided so as to receive second content information in place of first content information on the basis of only one operation by a user while the first content information is received through a connection formed in a communication network, the connection for communication of the first content information is disconnected, and thereafter, a connection for communication of the second content information is formed. In this manner, network resources can be reserved or released without consciousness of users.