Load distribution method in which delivery server is selected based on the maximum number of simultaneous sessions set for each content

An information delivery method for accumulating content registered by a user and delivering the accumulated content in response to a delivery request by another user;

• the information delivery method comprising the steps of:
• receiving content sent from a registrant terminal via the Internet together with information about the maximum number of simultaneous sessions;
• selecting a delivery server with the smallest total of the maximum numbers of simultaneous sessions as a registration destination delivery server, with reference to the total of the maximum numbers of simultaneous sessions of each of the delivery servers, which is stored in the session management database;
• registering the received content with the delivery server selected as the registration destination to which the content is to be registered;
• and
• adding the maximum number of simultaneous sessions corresponding to the received content to the total of the maximum numbers of simultaneous sessions corresponding to the delivery server selected as the content registration destination to update the session management database.

A program for causing a computer to perform an information delivery method for accumulating content registered by a user and delivering the accumulated content in response to a delivery request by another user;

• the program causing the computer to execute the processes of:
• receiving content sent from a registrant terminal via the Internet together with information about the maximum number of simultaneous sessions;
• selecting a delivery server with the smallest total of the maximum numbers of simultaneous sessions as a registration destination delivery server, with reference to the total of the maximum numbers of simultaneous sessions of each of the delivery servers, which is stored in the session management database;
• registering the received content with the delivery server selected as the registration destination to which the content is to be registered;
• and
• adding the maximum number of simultaneous sessions corresponding to the received content to the total of the maximum numbers of simultaneous sessions corresponding to the delivery server selected as the content registration destination to update the session management database.