Information delivery system, information delivery method, information delivery server, content delivery server and client terminal

An information delivery method for delivering media data such as audio and video to a client terminal, comprising:

• storing the media data and meta-information in a media storing unit;
• storing sequence information for specifying an address at beginning of the media data in a sequence information storing unit;
• generating a media control request at the client terminal, which requests delivery of the media data, includes a scene identifier, a current scene being viewed, and a relative time distance indicating a time from a scene currently being viewed to a time of requested media data, wherein the scene identifier includes a playtime, which specifies an elapsed time of viewing media;
• executing the media control request in the sequence information using a sum of a current scene number and a value of the relative time distance;
• receiving the media control request at an information delivery server to verify the sequence information based on the received media control request;
• retrieving the media data from the media storing unit starting from a prescribed point according to a result of verification of the sequence information, the verification determines whether the playtime exists or not in the sequence information, said retrieving the media data also based on an address linked to detected text data, and wherein the meta-information, which links text data describing a digest of a scene to an address of the scene, is included in the sequence information, and a scene keyword, which specifies a requested scene to view, is included in the media control request, and;
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• delivering the retrieved media data to the client terminal.

An information delivery server for delivering media data such as audio and video to a client terminal comprising:

• a media storing memory that stores the media data and meta-information;
• a sequence information storing unit that stores sequence information for specifying an address at beginning of the media data;
• a media control request generator that generates a media control request which requests delivery of the media data, includes a scene identifier, a current scene being viewed and a relative time distance indicating a time from a scene currently being viewed to a time of requested media data, wherein the scene identifier includes a playtime which specifies an elapsed time of viewing media;
• a searcher executes the media control request in the sequence information using a sum of a current scene number and a value of the relative time distance;
• a retriever that receives the media control request to verify the sequence information based on the received media control request and retrieves the media data starting from a prescribed point according to a result of the verification of the sequence information, wherein the verification determines whether a playtime exists or not in the sequence information, the retriever further retrieving the media data based on an address linked to detected text data, and
• wherein the meta-information, which links text data describing a digest of a scene to an address of the scene, is included in the sequence information, a scene keyword, which specifies a requested scene to view, is included in the media control request;
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• a deliverer that delivers the retrieved media data from the server to the client terminal.