Content distribution reservation method, content distribution method, reservation management device, and program
First Claim
1. A content distribution reservation method whereby in order to perform live distribution of content using a distribution server, which is capable of carrying out, with a plurality of systems, processing of receiving content sent from a distributor terminal apparatus via a network and carrying out stream distribution of said content to a client terminal apparatus via the network, said distributor terminal apparatus makes a reservation for the use of said distribution server via the network to a reservation control apparatus that controls the reservation situation of said distribution server, said content distribution reservation method comprising:
- a reservation requesting step of sending reservation request information including a desired system indicating which of said plurality of systems of said distribution server is requested to be used and a desired service time to distribute content using said distribution server from said distributor terminal apparatus to said reservation control apparatus via the network; and
a billing step of carrying out billing processing related to said reservation based on the service fee of said distribution server preset in said desired system when the reservation for the use of said distribution server using said desired system and during said desired service time included in said reservation request information is accepted and said reservation is established.
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Abstract
To allow a distributor to take into account the capacity of content distribution targets or service fee when making a reservation for live distribution of content. In a content supply system 100, in order to use a streaming server 102 to perform a live distribution, a user PC 106 used makes a reservation for a time zone, etc. to a server reservation control center 101 over the Internet 103. Here, the streaming server 102 has channels for distribution of a plurality of channels and can carry out distribution processing on the respective channels in the same time zone. The respective channels have a preset service fee and capacity of distribution targets and the user can specify which channel should be used for distribution taking into account these settings when making a reservation.
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10 Claims
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1. A content distribution reservation method whereby in order to perform live distribution of content using a distribution server, which is capable of carrying out, with a plurality of systems, processing of receiving content sent from a distributor terminal apparatus via a network and carrying out stream distribution of said content to a client terminal apparatus via the network, said distributor terminal apparatus makes a reservation for the use of said distribution server via the network to a reservation control apparatus that controls the reservation situation of said distribution server, said content distribution reservation method comprising:
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a reservation requesting step of sending reservation request information including a desired system indicating which of said plurality of systems of said distribution server is requested to be used and a desired service time to distribute content using said distribution server from said distributor terminal apparatus to said reservation control apparatus via the network; and
a billing step of carrying out billing processing related to said reservation based on the service fee of said distribution server preset in said desired system when the reservation for the use of said distribution server using said desired system and during said desired service time included in said reservation request information is accepted and said reservation is established. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A content distribution method for making a reservation to a reservation control apparatus for the use of a distribution server capable of carrying out, with a plurality of systems, processing of receiving content sent from a distributor terminal apparatus via a network and carrying out stream distribution of said content to a client terminal apparatus via the network, and sending said content from said distributor terminal apparatus to said distribution server based on said reservation and thereby carrying out content distribution, said content distribution method comprising:
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a reservation requesting step of sending reservation request information including a desired system indicating which of said plurality of systems of said distribution server is requested to be used and a desired service time to distribute content using said distribution server from said distributor terminal apparatus to said reservation control apparatus via the network;
a content transmitting step of transmitting, when the reservation for the use of said distribution server using said desired system and during said desired service time included in said reservation request information are accepted, content from said distributor terminal apparatus to said distribution server via the network to carry out content distribution based on said accepted reservation;
a judging step of judging, when said client terminal apparatus sends a request for distributing content to said distribution server via the network, whether or not to permit the distribution request of said client terminal apparatus based on the capacity of distribution targets preset in said desired system; and
a distributing step of carrying out streaming distribution of the content sent from said distributor terminal apparatus from said distribution server to said client terminal apparatus via the network when the distribution request of said client terminal apparatus is accepted. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A reservation control apparatus that controls reservations of live distributions of content using a distribution server capable of carrying out processing of stream distributions of said content to a client terminal apparatus via a network using a plurality of systems simultaneously, said reservation control apparatus comprising:
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receiving means for receiving reservation request information including a desired system indicating which of said plurality of systems of said distribution server sent from a distributor terminal apparatus requesting a live distribution of content via the network should be used and a desired service time for requesting a content distribution using said distribution server; and
billing means for carrying out billing processing related to said reservation based on the service fee of said distribution server preset in said desired system when the reservation for the use of said distribution server using said desired system and during said desired service time included in said reservation request information is accepted and established. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A reservation control apparatus that controls reservations of live distributions of content using a distribution server capable of carrying out processing of stream distributions of said content to a client terminal apparatus via a network using a plurality of systems simultaneously, said reservation control apparatus comprising:
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receiving means for receiving reservation request information including a desired system indicating which of said plurality of systems of said distribution server sent from a distributor terminal apparatus requesting a live distribution of content via the network should be used and a desired service time for requesting a content distribution using said distribution server; and
judging means for judging, when said client terminal apparatus sends a request for distribution of content to said distribution server via the network, whether the distribution request from said client terminal apparatus should be accepted or not based on the capacity of distribution targets preset in said desired system. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A program storage medium storing a program to be executed by a reservation control apparatus that controls reservations for a live distribution of content using a distribution server capable of carrying out processing of stream distribution of said content to a client terminal apparatus via a network using a plurality of systems simultaneously, said program comprising:
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reception processing that receives reservation request information including a desired system indicating which of said plurality of systems of said distribution server sent from a distributor terminal apparatus requesting a live distribution of content via a network should be used and a desired service time for requesting a content distribution using said distribution server; and
billing processing that carries out billing processing related to said reservation based on the service fee of said distribution server preset in said desired system when the reservation for the use of said distribution server using said desired system and during said desired service time included in said reservation request information is accepted and established.
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10. A program storage medium storing a program to be executed by a reservation control apparatus that controls reservations for a live distribution of content using a distribution server capable of carrying out processing of stream distributions of said content to a client terminal apparatus via a network using a plurality of systems simultaneously, said program comprising:
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reception processing that receives reservation request information including a desired system indicating which of said plurality of systems of said distribution server sent from a distributor terminal apparatus requesting a live distribution of content via the network should be used and a desired service time for requesting a content distribution using said distribution server; and
judging processing that judges, when said client terminal apparatus sends a request for distribution of content to said distribution server via the network, whether the distribution request from said client terminal apparatus should be accepted or not based on the capacity of distribution targets preset in said desired system.
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