Video distributing system, video distributing method, and server
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorManabu Shibutani
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Abstract
A video distributing system comprises a server which distributes a video, and a client which requests video distribution to the server. The server comprises an application program which communicates with the client, and the client comprises a web browser comprising an application program which communicates with the server and a reproduction page in which a software which reproduces a video to be distributed from the server is incorporated. When accessing the server, the application program of the server is started up to make communication with the server, thereby controlling display of the reproduction page according to a request from the server.
Claims12
A video distributing system comprising:
- a server which distributes a video;
- and
- a client which requests video distribution to the server, wherein
- the server comprises an application program which communicates with the client, and
- the client comprises a web browser comprising an application program which communicates with the server and a reproduction page in which a software which reproduces a video to be distributed from the server is incorporated, and when accessing the server, the application program of the server is started up to make communication with the server, thereby controlling display of the reproduction page according to a request from the server.
A video distributing method for distributing a video from a server to a client, the server comprising an application program which communicates with the client, and the client comprising a web browser comprising an application program which communicates with the server and a reproduction page in which a software which reproduces a video to be distributed from the server is incorporated, the method comprising the steps of:
- when the client accesses the server, starting up the application program of the client to communicate with the server, and
- controlling display of the reproduction page according to a request from the server.
A server in a video distributing system comprising:
- means for displaying a viewing window on a web browser of a client according to a startup request from the client;
- means for displaying a reproduction page in which a video reproduction software is incorporated on the web browser of the client in a reproducible state when a reproduction request from the client is issued;
- and
- means for displaying a stop page on the web browser of the client at least one of a case in a non-reproducible state where the reproduction request from the client is issued and a case where the non-reproducible state is established during reproduction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.