Video distributing apparatus and video distributing system
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsTakuo Kusaba, Yukio Shimamoto, Takuo Tsuzuki
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Abstract
A video distributing apparatus for storing video data and distributing it to a viewer has a memory for video data and a schedule table for holding a distribution schedule of the stored video data A controller controls the distribution of the stored video data. A reservation request includes a title of the video data to be distributed, a channel to be used for distribution of the video data of the title, and information to designate a time to start the distribution.
Claims11
A video distributing system comprising:
- a video server which has a memory in which video data has been stored and outputs the video data stored in said memory;
- a distributor which distributes the video data outputted by said video server;
- a receiver which receives the video data distributed by said distributor and displays a video image based on said video data;
- a terminal apparatus which inputs a reservation of a distribution of the video data from a viewer and issuing a reservation request including a title of the video data to be distributed, a channel to be used for the distribution of the video data of said title, and information to designate a time to start the distribution;
- a scheduler which performs a scheduling of the distribution of the video data stored in said memory on the basis of the reservation request which is sent from said terminal apparatus, and holds a result of said scheduling as a schedule table;
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- a controller which instructs said video server to output the video data on the basis of the distribution schedule registered in the schedule table held in said scheduler.
A video distributing apparatus comprising:
- a memory in which video data has been stored;
- a schedule table for holding a distribution schedule of the video data stored in said memory;
- a scheduler which accepts a reservation request including a title of the video data whose distribution is reserved, a channel which is used for distribution of video data of said title, and information to designate a time to start the distribution from a viewer and updating the distribution schedule registered in said schedule table on the basis of said reservation request;
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- a controller which controls the distribution of the video data stored in said memory on the basis of the distribution schedule held in said schedule table.
A distributing method of a video image in a video distributing apparatus to distribute video data via a plurality of channels, comprising the steps of:
- previously storing the video data as a distribution target into a memory;
- accepting a reservation request including a title of the video data whose distribution is reserved, a channel which is used for distribution of the video data of said title, and information to designate a time to start the distribution from a viewer;
- scheduling the distribution of the video data on the basis of said reservation request and registering a result of said schedule into a schedule table;
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- distributing the video data stored in said memory on the basis of the schedule registered in said schedule table.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.