Medium distribution device, medium reception device, medium distribution method, and medium reception method
First Claim
1. A media distribution apparatus, comprising:
- a storing section that stores a plural kinds of media data;
a media distribution setting section that associates and sets a transmission environment and a control information and a distribution precedence for each of said plural kind of media data; and
a distributing section that sets a control information and a distribution precedence for each of various kinds of media data read from said storing section, based on a transmission environment and a distribution precedence and a control information for each of various kinds of media data set at said media distribution setting section, and that distributes to a media receiving apparatus via a network of said transmission environment.
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Abstract
According to the media server 100 and the network control apparatus 200, upon distributing a plurality of media data to the media receiving apparatuses 400 having different transmission rates by broadcasting or multicasting, the distribution precedence is attached by associating the program control information and the media data. The distribution precedence attached to the program control information is set same as or lower than the distribution precedence of all media data included in the program concerned. Then, depending on the distribution precedence, the transmission possible media data and the program only are selectively distributed. The program control information relating to the program that includes the receivable media data by the media receiving terminal apparatus 400 only is selected and received. This way, the receivable media data is distributed depending on the transmission environment of the media receiving apparatus. It is possible to prevent the media receiving apparatus selecting the invalid program.
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14 Claims
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1. A media distribution apparatus, comprising:
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a storing section that stores a plural kinds of media data;
a media distribution setting section that associates and sets a transmission environment and a control information and a distribution precedence for each of said plural kind of media data; and
a distributing section that sets a control information and a distribution precedence for each of various kinds of media data read from said storing section, based on a transmission environment and a distribution precedence and a control information for each of various kinds of media data set at said media distribution setting section, and that distributes to a media receiving apparatus via a network of said transmission environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A media receiving apparatus, comprising:
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a receiving section that receives a distribution data distributed from a media distribution apparatus by wireless communication, and that demodulates a plurality of control information and a plurality of media data included in the distribution data;
a packet receiving section that receives a plurality of media data and a plurality of control information demodulated by said receiving section for each of wireless bearer channels as packets;
a distribution data integrating section that integrates said distribution data and selecting a media data, based on a distribution precedence set to a plurality of control information and a plurality of media data included in a plurality of packets received at said packet receiving section; and
a media data displaying and replaying section that displays and replays by decoding the distribution data integrated by said distribution data integrating section.
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13. A media distribution method comprising the steps of:
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a media distribution setting step that associates and sets a transmission environment, and a distribution precedence, and a control information for each of plural kinds of media data; and
a distribution step that sets a distribution precedence and a control information for each of various kinds of media data read from a storing section storing said plural kinds of media data, based on a transmission environment, and a distribution precedence, and a control information for each of said various kinds of media data set, and that distributes to a media receiving apparatus via a network of said transmission environment.
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14. A media receiving method comprising the steps of:
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a receiving step that receives a distribution data distributed from a media distribution apparatus by wireless communication, and that demodulates a plurality of control information and a plurality of media data included in the distribution data;
a packet receiving step that receives said plurality of control information and said plurality of media data demodulated for each of wireless bearer channels as packets;
a distribution data integrating step that integrates said distribution data by selecting a media data, based on a distribution precedence set to a plurality of control information and a plurality of media data included in said plurality of packets received; and
a media data displaying and replaying step that displays and replays by decoding said distribution data integrated.
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