Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multicasting system and multicasting method
- Patent Title (中): 组播系统和组播方法
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Application No.: US12024474Application Date: 2008-02-01
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Publication No.: US07882531B2Publication Date: 2011-02-01
- Inventor: Yasuaki Yamagishi
- Applicant: Yasuaki Yamagishi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2007-035422 20070215
- Main IPC: H04N7/173
- IPC: H04N7/173

Abstract:
A multicasting system includes a delivery server for multicasting a content via at least one upper router and a plurality of lower routers, a plurality of client devices for playing the content multicast by the delivery server, an upper router controller for controlling the upper router and a lower router controller for controlling the plurality of lower routers. The client device includes a play history storage unit, an individual storage unit, a content retrieving unit, and a content playing unit. The delivery server includes a master storage unit, an optimizer optimizing the identifier and the session information of the content stored on the individual storage unit, and a content delivery unit. The upper router controller includes a session information retrieving unit, a book scheduling unit, and a schedule information notifier.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080198848A1 MULTICASTING SYSTEM AND MULTICASTING METHOD Public/Granted day:2008-08-21
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