Title:
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, INFORMATION CENTER, TERMINAL AND DISTRIBUTION METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3968487
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To distribute a load of a server distributing information and to distribute the information efficiently to the user.
SOLUTION: A terminal 1 requests music data and information of a desired time of data distribution to a distribution server 2 through a communication channel 3. The distribution server 2 decides a scheduled distribution time depending on the past distribution result and a state of a transmission line based on the desired distribution time from the terminal 1 and sends the decision to the terminal 1. A timer sets the terminal 1 to be in a standby state till the scheduled distribution time comes. When the scheduled distribution time comes, the timer automatically starts the terminal 1, which is set to a distribution waiting state. Then the distribution server 2 distributes the requested music data via a satellite 100. The terminal 1 receives the distributed music data. When reception of data is finished, a power supply of the terminal 1 is turned off.
Inventors:
Naoki Yuasa
Application Number:
JP15895998A
Publication Date:
August 29, 2007
Filing Date:
June 08, 1998
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ソニー株式会社
International Classes:
H04L12/54; H04L12/58; H04L12/801; (IPC1-7): H04L12/54; H04L12/58
Domestic Patent References:
| JP7141270A | ||||
| JP3117139A | ||||
| JP9214555A | ||||
| JP7015421A | ||||
| JP3266542A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masatomo Sugiura