Relay apparatus, method of controlling content delivery, and content delivery system
AssigneeNtt Docomo, Inc.
InventorsMasayuki Koshino, Mayu Yamada, Takehiro Nakamura
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Abstract
The present invention includes a RAN connection receiving section, an IP packet processing section, and a local content server. The RAN connection receiving section receives content request information from a mobile terminal. When a RAN identifier and an IP address included in the content request information are identified in a set table based on the content request information received by the RAN connection receiving section, the IP packet processing section transfers the content request information to the identified IP address. The local content server delivers content information corresponding with to the content request information to the mobile terminal.
Claims6
A relay apparatus, which is connected to a first content server located on a private network and delivering various contents, relays the contents delivered by the first content server to a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal and the relay apparatus being connected to a radio network including a RAN (Radio Access Network), the relay apparatus comprising:
- a table setting section which sets, in accordance with an instruction from the mobile terminal, a table including a radio connection identifier to identify a channel through which a content is sent and received between the mobile terminal and the relay apparatus and an IP address with which the content is sent and received between the relay apparatus and the first content server;
- a receiving section which receives content request information from the mobile terminal;
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- a transfer section which transfers the content request information to the IP address included in the content request information when, based on the content request information received by the receiving section, the radio connection identifier and the IP address included in the content request information are identified in the table set by the table setting section.
A method of controlling content delivery, in which a mobile terminal and a relay apparatus are connected to a radio network including a RAN (Radio Access Network), a first content server located on a private network and delivering various contents is connected to the relay apparatus, and the first content server delivers the contents to the mobile terminal via the relay apparatus, the method comprising:
- a first step of setting, in accordance with an instruction from the mobile terminal, a table which includes a radio connection identifier to identify a channel through which a content is sent and received between the mobile terminal and the relay apparatus and an IP address with which the content is sent and received between the relay apparatus and the first content server;
- a second step of receiving content request information from the mobile terminal;
- a third step of transferring the content request information to the IP address included in the content request information when, based on the content request information received in the second step, the radio connection identifier and the IP address included in the content request information are identified in the table set in the first step;
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- a fourth step of delivering the content made to correspond to the content request information to the mobile terminal via the relay apparatus based on the content request information transferred in the third step.
A content delivery system in which a mobile terminal and a relay apparatus are connected to a radio network including a RAN (Radio Access Network), a first content server located on a private network and delivering various contents is connected to the relay apparatus, and the first content server delivers the contents to the mobile terminal via the relay apparatus, wherein
- the relay apparatus includes:
- a table setting section which sets, in accordance with an instruction from the mobile terminal, a table including a radio connection identifier to identify a channel through which a content is sent and received between the mobile terminal and the relay apparatus and an IP address with which the content is sent and received between the relay apparatus and the first content server;
- a receiving section which receives content request information from the mobile terminal;
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- a transfer section which transfers the content request information to the IP address included in the content request information when, based on the content request information received by the receiving section, the radio connection identifier and the IP address included in the content request information are identified in the table set by the table setting section, and
- wherein the first content server delivers the content made to correspond to the content request information to the mobile terminal via the relay apparatus based on the content request information transferred from the transfer section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.