# US 2018/0027328 A1 · Content Delivery Apparatus, Content Delivery System and Content Delivery Method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0027328 A1 - Document ID: US20180027328A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/724,700 - Filed: 2017-10-04 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2015-08-19 - Assignees: Yamaha Corporation - Applicants: Yamaha Corporation - Inventors: Osamu KOHARA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180027328A1 ## CPC - H04R 3/12: for distributing signals to two or more loudspeakers {(specially adapted for hearing aids H04R25/407)} - H04N 21/231: Content storage operation, e.g. caching movies for short term storage, replicating data over plural servers, prioritizing data for deletion - H04N 21/43076: {of the same content streams on multiple devices, e.g. when family members are watching the same movie on different devices} - H04N 21/43615: {Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals (home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805)} - H04N 21/43635: {HDMI} - H04N 21/43637: {involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth®, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] (arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114)} - H04R 27/00: Public address systems (circuits for preventing acoustic reaction H04R3/02; circuits for distributing signals to loudspeakers H04R3/12; {monitoring or testing arrangements for public address systems H04R29/007}; amplifiers H03F) - G10L 19/167: {Audio streaming, i.e. formatting and decoding of an encoded audio signal representation into a data stream for transmission or storage purposes} - G10L 19/24: Variable rate codecs, e.g. for generating different qualities using a scalable representation such as hierarchical encoding or layered encoding - H04R 2420/07: Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones - H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G10L: SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING ## Abstract A content delivery apparatus includes an external input portion, a content reception portion and a delivery portion. To the external input portion, first content having at least a fundamental component is inputted. The content reception portion receives second content having a fundamental component and an extended component. When delivering the first content, the delivery portion delivers the fundamental component of the first content to a client apparatus more than once. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A content delivery apparatus comprising: an external input portion to which first content having at least a fundamental component is inputted; a content reception portion that receives second content having the fundamental component and an extended component; and a delivery portion that delivers the fundamental component of the first content to a client apparatus more than once when delivering the first content. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The content delivery apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a buffer that temporarily holds the second content, wherein the content delivery portion delivers the fundamental component and the extended component of the second content after temporarily holding thereof in the buffer when delivering the second content. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The content delivery apparatus according to claim 2 comprising: a first buffer is the buffer; a second buffer that temporarily holds the second content, the second buffer being a separate buffer different from the first buffer; and a reproduction portion that reproduces the second content that is held in the second buffer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The content delivery apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the delivery portion delivers the fundamental component of the first content without confirming a status of connection to the client apparatus when delivering the first content. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The content delivery apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the delivery portion does not deliver the extended component of the first content when delivering the first content. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The content delivery apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the delivery portion delivers the fundamental component of the first content without delivering the extended component thereof when delivering the first content if number of the client apparatus as delivery destinations is equal or more than a predetermined number. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The content delivery apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the fundamental component consists of data that have undergone irreversible compression; and the extended component consists of data to correct the fundamental component. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The content delivery apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the fundamental component is transmitted through connectionless communication. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A content delivery system comprising: the content delivery apparatus according to claim 1; and a client apparatus that receives the first content and the second content from the content delivery apparatus. ### Claim 10 A content delivery method comprising: inputting first content having at least a fundamental component, or receiving second content having a fundamental component and an extended component; and delivering the fundamental component of the first content to a client apparatus more than once when delivering the first content. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The content delivery method according to claim 10, the method including: temporarily holding the second content in a buffer; and delivering the fundamental component and the extended component of the second content after temporarily holding thereof in the buffer when delivering the second content. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The content delivery method according to claim 11, the method including: temporarily holding the second content in a first buffer; temporarily holding the second content in a second buffer that is a separate buffer different from the first buffer; and reproducing the second content that is held in the second buffer. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The content delivery method according to claim 10, the method including: delivering the fundamental component of the first content without confirming a status of connection to the client apparatus when delivering the first content. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The content delivery method according to claim 10, the method including: not delivering the extended component of the first content when delivering the first content. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The content delivery method according to claim 10, the method including: delivering the first content and the fundamental component of the first content without delivering the extended component of the first content when delivering the first content if number of the client apparatus as delivery destinations is equal or more than a predetermined number. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The content delivery method according to claim 10, the method including: using the fundamental component consisting of data that have undergone irreversible compression, and the extended component consisting of data to correct the fundamental component. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The content delivery method according to claim 10, the method including: transmitting the fundamental component through connectionless communication.