Receiver set, information apparatus and receiving system
First Claim
1. A data distribution apparatus connectable with a plural number of connection equipments, comprising:
- a distribution portion, which is configured to distribute data to said connection equipments;
a memory portion, which is configured to memorize a limited number for limiting said connection equipments, to which the data can be distributed from said distribution portion;
a receiving portion, which is configured to receive a signal for requesting distribution of said data from said connection equipments; and
a distribution controller portion, which is configured to control distribution of the data to the connection equipment sending out the data distribution requesting signal when receiving said data distribution requesting signal from the connection equipments, which is connected with said data distribution apparatus, depending upon distributing condition of the data to the connection equipment other than those, which send out said data distribution request signal, wherein said distribution controller portion makes decision on whether a number of the connection equipments under distribution of data is equal to said limited number or not, or a number of said connection equipments is smaller than said limited number or not, when receiving the data distribution requesting signal from the connection equipment, to which said data is not distributed by said receiving portion during the distribution of data from said distribution portion to said connection equipment, thereby controlling the distribution of data to the connection equipment sending out said data distribution request signal with using a result of said decision.
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Abstract
For providing a receiving contract service being convenient or friendly to both the broadcast service providers and the viewers, and in particular, for providing a digital broadcast receiver set, an information apparatus and a digital broadcasting receiving system, there is provided a system in which a digital broadcast receiver set 100, an output apparatus 110 and recording apparatuses 120 and 130 are connected with a control bus 10, wherein there are provided a designated program devising portion 203 for extracting a plurality of programs at the same time, a receiving contract managing portion 212 for managing information relating to receiving contacts, and an output destination supervising portion 213 for managing distributing destination of the broadcast programs at the present, thereby distributing the broadcast programs to the output apparatus 110 and/or the recording apparatuses 120 and 130, on a basis of the contents of the receiving contracts.
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1. A data distribution apparatus connectable with a plural number of connection equipments, comprising:
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a distribution portion, which is configured to distribute data to said connection equipments;
a memory portion, which is configured to memorize a limited number for limiting said connection equipments, to which the data can be distributed from said distribution portion;
a receiving portion, which is configured to receive a signal for requesting distribution of said data from said connection equipments; and
a distribution controller portion, which is configured to control distribution of the data to the connection equipment sending out the data distribution requesting signal when receiving said data distribution requesting signal from the connection equipments, which is connected with said data distribution apparatus, depending upon distributing condition of the data to the connection equipment other than those, which send out said data distribution request signal, wherein said distribution controller portion makes decision on whether a number of the connection equipments under distribution of data is equal to said limited number or not, or a number of said connection equipments is smaller than said limited number or not, when receiving the data distribution requesting signal from the connection equipment, to which said data is not distributed by said receiving portion during the distribution of data from said distribution portion to said connection equipment, thereby controlling the distribution of data to the connection equipment sending out said data distribution request signal with using a result of said decision. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A data distribution apparatus connectable with a plural number of connection equipments, comprising:
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a distribution portion, which is configured to distribute data to said connection equipments;
a memory portion, which is configured to memorize a limit number for limiting said connection equipments, to which the data can be distributed from said distribution portion;
a receiving portion, which is configured to receive a signal for requesting distribution of said data from said connection equipment; and
a distribution controller portion, which is configured to control distribution of the data to the connection equipment sending out the data distribution requesting signal when receiving said data distribution requesting signal from the connection equipment, which is connected with said data distribution apparatus, depending upon said limit number, wherein said distribution controller portion makes a decision as to whether a number obtained by adding a number of the connection equipments under distribution of data and a number of connection equipments, each outputting the data distribution request signal, exceeds said limit number or not, when receiving the data distribution requesting signal from the connection equipment, to which said data is not distributed by said receiving portion during the distribution of data from said distribution portion to said connection equipment, thereby controlling the distribution of data to the connection equipment sending out said data distribution request signal with using a result of said decision. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A data distribution apparatus connectable with a plural number of connection equipments, comprising:
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a distribution portion, which is configured to distribute data to said connection equipments;
a receiving portion, which is configured to receive a signal for requesting distribution of said data from said connection equipments;
a memory portion, which is configured to memorize a number of possibility for distributing said data to said connection equipments when receiving the data distributing request signal, within said receiving portion; and
a distribution controller portion, which is configured to control distribution of the data to the connection equipment sending out the data distribution requesting signal, when receiving said data distribution requesting signal from the connection equipment, which is connected with said data distribution apparatus, depending upon said number of possibility for distributing said data to said connection apparatuses, wherein said distribution controller portion controls the distribution of data to the connection equipment, which transmits said data distribution request signal, responding to the number of possibility for distributing of said memory portion, when receiving the data distribution requesting signal from the connection equipment, to which said data is not distributed, during distribution of the data from said distribution portion to the connection equipments. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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