Title:
STREAMING CONTENTS DISTRIBUTING METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3895282
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a streaming contents distributing method and its system which reduces the time for buffering streaming contents, and contributes for comfortably viewing, hearing and displaying the streaming contents.
SOLUTION: A plurality of cache servers are prepared and a client sends a request to acquire contents to all the cache servers using a multicast communication. The cache server measures the transmission speed between the client and itself, and transmits it to a contents distribution server. The distribution server determines the size to distribute the streaming contents for each cache server according to the received communication speed and transmits partial contents designated by each cache server to the client.
Inventors:
Hideki Fujioka
Application Number:
JP2003040274A
Publication Date:
March 22, 2007
Filing Date:
February 18, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd.
International Classes:
G06F12/00; G06F13/00; H04L47/2416; H04N7/173; H04N21/2183; H04N21/258; H04N21/262; (IPC1-7): H04L12/56; G06F12/00; G06F13/00; //H04N7/173
Domestic Patent References:
| JP10289187A | ||||
| JP200232280A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shinichi Ogawa