Multi-media data automatic delivery system

• US 20040172655A1
• Filed: 03/10/2004
• Published: 09/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kiyoharu Nishiyama, Kunikazu Tsuda
• Original Assignee: Kiyoharu Nishiyama, Kunikazu Tsuda
• Inventors: Tsuda, Kunikazu, Nishiyama, Kiyoharu
• Granted Patent: US 7,350,223 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/97
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17336 Handling of requests in head-ends

Abstract

A system for delivering contents includes a center system which delivers the contents, a plurality of terminal systems which receive the contents from the center system and displays the contents, and communication lines connecting the center system to the plurality of terminal systems. The center system includes a delivery-schedule setting unit which sets a schedule of delivery, and a contents-delivery unit which delivers the contents to the terminal systems according to the schedule of delivery during a time period when a load on the terminal systems is lower than a predetermined level.

Claims

1. A delivery system for delivering a plurality of contents, comprising:

a center system configured to deliver the plurality of contents;

a plurality of terminal systems configured to receive the plurality of contents from the center system and to display the plurality of contents; and

communication lines connecting said center system to said plurality of terminal systems and configured to transmit the plurality of contents,

wherein said center system comprises;

a delivery-schedule setting unit configured to set a schedule of delivery of the plurality of contents; and

a content-delivery unit configured to deliver the plurality of contents to the plurality of terminal systems according to the schedule of delivery, and to customize the plurality of contents individually for each terminal system.

2. The delivery system of claim 1, wherein said content-delivery unit is configured to customize the plurality of contents individually for each terminal system based on at least one characteristic of each terminal system.

3. The delivery system of claim 2, wherein said at least one characteristic of each terminal system comprises a location of the terminal system, a season, a date, and a day.

4. The delivery system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of contents comprises sales of goods, local community news, traffic information, and weather information.

5. The delivery system of claim 4, wherein each terminal system is configured to display at least one content of the plurality of contents at a given time.

6. The delivery system of claim 4, wherein each terminal system is configured to independently and simultaneously display at least two contents of the plurality of contents.

7. The delivery system of claim 4, wherein said content-delivery unit is configured to independently and simultaneously deliver at least two contents of the plurality of contents to each terminal system.