Data broadcasting schedule system, and apparatus, method, recording medium, or program thereabout

A data broadcasting schedule method that transmits and receives data over a transmission line, wherein a data transmitting part transmitting data to a receiving machine transmitting and receiving data comprises:

• a transmit desire registration part that accepts registration of transmit desire information describing times required to transmit data to be transmitted for each broadcasting station and registers the transmit desire information;
• a transmit desire management part that manages said transmit desire information registered in said transmit desire registration part;
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• an adjusting part that arbitrates transmit time of data to be transmitted from said each broadcasting station without overlap by using each said transmit desire information managed by said transmit desire management part, whereby data is transmitted according to transmit schedules arbitrated and created by said adjusting part.

A recording medium recording a data broadcasting schedule program that transmits and receives data over a transmission line, wherein a data transmitting part transmitting data to a receiving machine transmitting and receiving data comprises:

• a transmit desire registration part that accepts registration of transmit desire information describing times required to transmit data to be transmitted for each broadcasting station and registers the transmit desire information;
• a transmit desire management part that manages said transmit desire information registered in said transmit desire registration part;
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• an adjusting part that arbitrates transmit time of data to be transmitted from said each broadcasting station without overlap by using each said transmit desire information managed by said transmit desire management part, whereby data is transmitted according to transmit schedules arbitrated and created by said adjusting part.

A data broadcasting schedule program that transmits and receives data over a transmission line, wherein a data transmitting part transmitting data to a receiving machine transmitting and receiving data comprises:

• a transmit desire registration part that accepts registration of transmit desire information describing times required to transmit data to be transmitted for each broadcasting station and registers the transmit desire information;
• a transmit desire management part that manages said transmit desire information registered in said transmit desire registration part;
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• an adjusting part that arbitrates transmit time of data to be transmitted from said each broadcasting station without overlap by using each said transmit desire information managed by said transmit desire management part, whereby data is transmitted according to transmit schedules arbitrated and created by said adjusting part.

A transmit scheduling apparatus, comprising:

• a transmit desire registration part that registers transmit desire information which contains station information and the identification numbers of data contents to be transmitted and transmit times of said data contents wherein the station information is data for at least one contents provider to request transmission of data contents and identifies at least a broadcasting station and channel to transmit from;
• a transmit desire management part that holds said transmit desire information;
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• an adjusting part that arbitrates and decides broadcasting stations and channels to actually transmit data contents and transmit schedules from said transmit desire information, and creates program transmit information describing transmit schedules of said data contents,
• whereby scheduling is performed among at least one broadcasting station to transmit data contents without overlapping in terms of time.

An information transmitting apparatus, comprising:

• a program transmit information receiving part that receives program transmit information describing transmit schedules of data contents;
• a program transmit information management part that holds said program transmit information received by said program transmit information receiving part;
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• a program information creating part that creates program information to be received by a receiving machine from said program transmit information held by said program transmit information management part,
• whereby, according to transmit schedules of said program information, data contents are transmitted from broadcasting stations and channels described in said program information.

A receiving machine receiving and storing program information and data contents, comprising:

• a receive control information receiving part that receives receive control information for identifying data contents to be received and stored and for tuning a tuner required to receive said data contents;
• a receive control information management part that holds said receive control information received by said receive control information receiving part;
• a reserving part that reserves data contents to be received and stored from said receive control information and said program information;
• a station tuning control part that tunes a tuner according to reservation contents of said reserving part;
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• a data receiving part that receives said program information and data contents according to station tuning by said station tuning control part.