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OwnerJunji Suetsuguinventor
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When an information distribution server starts to distribute information to an information terminal and receives a request from the information terminal to switch the destination of the information, the information distribution server switches the destination from the information terminal to destination equipment and distributes the information to the destination equipment. When distribution is started and the information terminal determines that it has a self state (e.g., an information processing capability, a size of memory available for storing information, and the like) corresponding to a state disallowing information to be received, the information terminal transmits the request to the information distribution server. Thus by transmitting the request the information terminal can readily switch the destination of the information from the information terminal to the destination equipment. The information distribution server can be released from making a decision as to whether a destination should be switched. Information can be distributed rapidly.
An information distribution apparatus comprising:
An information terminal device corresponding to any one of a plurality of information terminal devices communicating with an information distributing source apparatus to receive said information therefrom, said information distributing source apparatus operable in accordance with content received, said information terminal device comprising:
An information distribution system, comprising an information distribution apparatus distributing information and a plurality of information terminal devices to receive said information distributed, wherein:
A method of distributing information to a plurality of terminal devices through a network, comprising the steps of:
A machine-readable recording medium having recorded therein a program causing a computer to perform a method of distributing information to a plurality of terminal devices through a network, the method comprising the steps of:
A program product causing a computer to perform a method of distributing information to a plurality of terminal devices through a network, the method comprising the steps of:
A method of processing information, performed in any one of a plurality of information terminal devices receiving information distributed from a source apparatus operable in accordance with content received, comprising the steps of:
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