Information transmission system with variable transmission rate

An information transmission method comprising steps of,

• providing a plurality of information providing means, a plurality of information receiving means, information storage and distribution means connected to said information providing means and said information receiving means, and a plurality of information transmission paths for the information transmission between said information providing means, said information receiving means, and said information storage and distribution means,
• sending an information transmission request from said information receiving means to said information providing means via said information storage and distribution means,
• sending a requested information from said information providing means to said information receiving means via said information storage and distribution means,
• changing an information transmission rate at at least one of said information transmission paths;
• and
• wherein a transmission rate of said information transmission request is constant independently of a transmission capacity of said information transmission path.

An information transmission method for an information transmission system comprising the steps of;

• providing a plurality of information providing means,
• providing a plurality of information receiving means,
• providing an information storage and distribution means connected to said plurality of information providing means and said plurality of information receiving means,
• transmitting information from the plurality of information providing means to the plurality of information receiving means via the information storage and distribution means,
• wherein an information transmission rate between the plurality of information providing means, the plurality of information receiving means, and the information storage and distribution means is variable;
• and
• said information transmission rate is increased when a transmission capacity of said information transmission path increases and said information transmission rate is decreased when said transmission capacity of said information transmission path decreases.

An information transmission method comprising steps of,

• providing a plurality of information providing means, a plurality of information receiving means, information storage and distribution means connected to said information providing means and said information receiving means, and a plurality of information transmission paths for the information transmission between said information providing means, said information receiving means, and said information storage and distribution means,
• sending an information transmission request from said information receiving means to said information providing means via said information storage and distribution means,
• sending a requested information from said information providing means to said information receiving means via said information storage and distribution means,
• changing an information transmission rate at at least one of said information transmission paths;
• and
• wherein non real-time information is transmitted to said information transmission path during the time period while the amount of real-time information is small and said transmission capacity of said information transmission path is large.