SERVER RESERVATION METHOD, RESERVATION CONTROL APPARATUS AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20080016222A1
• Filed: 09/07/2007
• Published: 01/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Nishimura, Takanori, Ihara, Keigo, Fukuda, Junko, Sueyoshi, Takahiko, Yoshimine, Takao
• Granted Patent: US 8,108,489 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0284 Time or distance, e.g. usage of parking meters or taximeters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5083 wherein the managed service relates to web hosting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/72 using reservation actions during connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1063 Application servers providing network services systems providing special services to telephonic subscribers H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/61 for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols

Abstract

To allow many users to efficiently use functions of a processing server that performs predetermined processing, via a network and also prevent a time during which an user can use the processing server, from being shortened due to a difference between the times recognized by the user side and processing server side. In a content supply system 100, in order to use a streaming server 102 to perform a live distribution, an user PC 106 to be used makes a reservation for a time zone, etc. to a server reservation control center 101 over the Internet 103. When the reservation is accepted, the server reservation control center 101 sends the real time information of the service provider side that controls the service time of the streaming server 102 based on the reservation, over the Internet 103.

Claims

1. A terminal apparatus capable of transmitting image data to a predetermined apparatus via a network, comprising:

acquiring means for acquiring image data;

transmitting means for transmitting said acquired image data to said predetermined apparatus via said network;

control means for applying a predetermined effect to said image data and for controlling said transmitting means to transmit image data to which the predetermined effect was applied to said predetermined apparatus in real time.

2. A terminal apparatus capable of transmitting image data to a predetermined apparatus via a network, comprising:

capturing unit configured to capture image data;

transmitting unit configured to transmit said acquired image data to said predetermined apparatus via said network;

control unit configured to apply a predetermined effect to said image data and to control said transmitting unit to transmit image data to which the predetermined effect was applied to said predetermined apparatus in real time.