Information supplying device that can store multiple types of information and supplies composite information in response to a request

An information supplying device for supplying information to an information output device for outputting information, the information supplying device comprising:

• a first information storing unit that stores first information;
• a second information storing unit that stores second information;
• an input unit that receives a request to supply desired information from the information output device and, upon receiving the request, that reads desired second information from the second information storing unit and that reads corresponding first information from the first information storing unit;
• a composing unit that composes the first information read out from the first information storing unit and the second information read out from the second information storing unit;
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• a supplying unit that supplies the composed first and second information to an information output device,
• wherein the second information storing unit stores a plurality of sets of second data, each set of second data including a set of digital data, and wherein the first information storing unit stores a plurality of sets of first data, each set of first data including another set of digital data, each set of first data being prepared to be combined with one or more sets of second data, the composing unit composing a certain set of first data in the form of a packet data train and one of the corresponding one or more sets of second data in the form of another packet data train, thereby producing a single packet data train, the supplying unit supplying the composite packet data train to the information output device, and a total number of sets of second information is greater than a total number of sets of first information,
• wherein the first information storing unit stores the plurality of sets of first data in the form of a plurality of first digital data trains, wherein the second information storing unit stores the plurality of sets of second data in the form of a plurality of second digital data trains, and
• wherein the composing unit includes:
• a packetizing unit that converts a first digital data train read out from the first information storing unit into a first packet data train, in which several first data packets are arranged, and that converts a second digital data train read out from the second information storing unit into a second packet data train, in which several second data packets are arranged;
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• a packet composite unit that composes the first packet data train and the second packet data train into a single packet data train, in which the first and second data packets are mixed together, the supplying unit supplying the single packet data train to the information output device.

An information supplying device for supplying information to an information output device for outputting information, the information supplying device comprising:

• an information storing unit that stores at least one set of first information and a plurality of sets of second information, each set of first information including a set of digital data and each set of second information including another set of digital data, the plurality of sets of second information being stored separately from the at least one set of first information, each set of the at least one set of first information being prepared to be combined with one or more sets of second information, and a total number of sets of second information is greater than a total number of sets of first information;
• an input unit that receives a request to supply desired information from the information output device;
• a read unit, in response to the request, that reads, from the information storing unit, one set of second information that corresponds to the desired information and one set of first information that corresponds to the read set of second information, the reading unit reading the one set of second information in the form of a packet data train, in which several data packets of the second information are arranged and the one set of first information also in the form of another packet data train, in which several data packets of the first information are arranged;
• a composing unit that composes the one set of first information in the form of the packet data train and the one set of second information in the form of the other packet data train into a single packet data train, in which the data packets of the first information and data packets of the second information are mixed together;
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• a supplying unit that supplies the composite information in the form of the single packet data train to an information output device, wherein the information storing unit stores the at least one set of first information and the plurality of sets of second information in the form of digital data trains, and
• wherein the read unit includes:
• a packetizing unit that converts the digital data train of the second information read out from the information storing unit into the packet data train, and that converts the digital data train of the first information read out from the information storing unit into the other packet data train.

An information supplying device for supplying information to an information output device for outputting information, the information supplying device comprising:

• a first information storing unit that stores a plurality of sets of first data, each set of first data including a set of digital data;
• a second information storing unit that stores a plurality of sets of second data, each set of second data including another set of digital data, each set of first data being prepared to be combined with one or more sets of second data, and a total number of sets of second data is greater than a total number of sets of first data;
• a receiving unit that recieves a request for desired information from the information output device;
• a first read unit that reads, from the second information storing unit, a set of second data that corresponds to the desired information, the reading unit reads the set of second data in the form of a packet data train, in which data packets for the second data are arranged;
• a second read unit that reads, from the first information storing unit, a set of first data that is prepared to be combined with the read set of second data, the reading unit reading the set of first data in the form of another packet data train, in which data packets for the first data are arranged;
• a composing unit that composes the second data set read out from the second information storing unit in the form of the packet data train and the first data set read out from the first information storing unit in the form of the other packet data train into a single packet data train in which the data packets for the first data and the data packets for the second data are mixed together;
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• a supplying unit that supplies the composite first and second data sets in the form of the single packet data train to an information output device,
• wherein the first information storing unit stores the plurality of sets of first data in the form of a plurality of distal data trains, and the second information storing unit stores the plurality of sets of second data in the form of another plurality of digital data trains,
• wherein the first read unit includes a first packetizing unit that converts a digital data train of the second data read out from the second information storing unit into the packet data train, and
• wherein the second read unit includes a second packetizinz unit that converts another digital data train of the first data read out from the first information storing unit into the other packet data train.