METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICE, STREAMING SERVER, AND PROGRAM
First Claim
1. A method for providing a service, comprising the steps of:
- sending presence information indicating the availability of a service-providing unit from the service-providing unit to a streaming server by a first transmission method, the service-providing unit being configured to provide a service including providing a motion picture and audio for a video display unit requesting the service, the streaming server being configured to send content containing the contents of the service provided by the service-providing unit;
inserting the presence information received by the streaming server from the service-providing unit into the content and streaming the content to the video display unit;
extracting the presence information from the content received by the video display unit from the streaming server and requesting the service-providing unit to provide the service on the basis of the content of the presence information by a second transmission method; and
establishing a transmission route for providing the service between the service-providing unit and the video display unit requesting the service by the second transmission method and providing the service for the video display unit via the transmission route.
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Abstract
A method for providing a service includes the steps of sending presence information indicating the availability of a service-providing unit from the service-providing unit to a streaming server by a first transmission method, the service-providing unit being configured to provide a service including providing a motion picture and audio for a video display unit requesting the service, the streaming server being configured to send content containing the contents of the service; inserting the presence information into the content and streaming the content to the video display unit; extracting the presence information from the content and requesting the service-providing unit to provide the service on the basis of the content of the presence information by a second transmission method; and establishing a transmission route between the service-providing unit and the video display unit by the second transmission method and providing the service for the video display unit via the transmission route.
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8 Claims
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1. A method for providing a service, comprising the steps of:
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sending presence information indicating the availability of a service-providing unit from the service-providing unit to a streaming server by a first transmission method, the service-providing unit being configured to provide a service including providing a motion picture and audio for a video display unit requesting the service, the streaming server being configured to send content containing the contents of the service provided by the service-providing unit; inserting the presence information received by the streaming server from the service-providing unit into the content and streaming the content to the video display unit; extracting the presence information from the content received by the video display unit from the streaming server and requesting the service-providing unit to provide the service on the basis of the content of the presence information by a second transmission method; and establishing a transmission route for providing the service between the service-providing unit and the video display unit requesting the service by the second transmission method and providing the service for the video display unit via the transmission route. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A streaming server comprising:
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a presence-receiving section configured to receive presence information indicating the availability of a service-providing unit from the service-providing unit by a first transmission method, the service-providing unit being configured to provide a service including providing a motion picture and audio for a video display unit requesting the service; a presence-inserting section configured to insert the presence information received from the service-providing unit into content containing the contents of the service provided by the service-providing unit; and a content-sending section configured to stream the content to the video display unit. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A program for executing a process comprising the steps of:
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receiving presence information indicating the availability of a service-providing unit from the service-providing unit by a first transmission method, the service-providing unit being configured to provide a service including providing a motion picture and audio for a video display unit requesting the service; inserting the presence information received from the service-providing unit into content containing the contents of the service provided by the service-providing unit; and streaming the content to the video display unit.
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