Continuable communication management apparatus and continuable communication managing method
First Claim
1. A continuable communication management apparatus connected to a video content distribution system that includes a video distribution server configured to distribute a requested video content via a network and view terminals configured to receive and reproduce the distributed video content, the continuable communication management apparatus comprising:
- a communication device to receive view information representing a reproduction state of a video content transmitted from an arbitrary view terminal,a viewing manage to resister the view information;
a video list provider to, in response to a video list request transmitted from a view terminal, access a menu server to acquire the video list, determine if there is a video content with a suspended state designated by a user of the view terminal in the view information, and if there is a video content with the suspended state, add the video content with the suspended state as a candidate of continuable viewing to the video list, and transmit the added video list to the view terminal; and
reporting device configured to find an information item containing an indication of a view location of the video content with the suspended state from the view information and report the information item to the view terminal that has requested the video list.
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Abstract
A continuable communication management apparatus includes a viewing manage that, upon receiving view information representing a reproduction state of video content from an arbitrary view terminal, registers the view information; a video list provider that, in response to a video list request transmitted from a view terminal, accesses a menu server to acquire the video list, determines if there is video content with a suspended state designated by the view terminal in the view information, and if there is the video content with the suspended state, adds the video content with the suspended state as a candidate of continuable viewing to the video list, and transmit the added video list to the view terminal; and a reporting device that finds an information item containing an indication of a view location of the video content with the suspended state from the view information and transmits the information item to the view terminal.
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1. A continuable communication management apparatus connected to a video content distribution system that includes a video distribution server configured to distribute a requested video content via a network and view terminals configured to receive and reproduce the distributed video content, the continuable communication management apparatus comprising:
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a communication device to receive view information representing a reproduction state of a video content transmitted from an arbitrary view terminal, a viewing manage to resister the view information; a video list provider to, in response to a video list request transmitted from a view terminal, access a menu server to acquire the video list, determine if there is a video content with a suspended state designated by a user of the view terminal in the view information, and if there is a video content with the suspended state, add the video content with the suspended state as a candidate of continuable viewing to the video list, and transmit the added video list to the view terminal; and reporting device configured to find an information item containing an indication of a view location of the video content with the suspended state from the view information and report the information item to the view terminal that has requested the video list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A continuable communication management method for controlling a continuable communication management apparatus connected to a video content distribution system that includes a video distribution server configured to distribute a requested video content via a network and view terminals configured to receive and reproduce the distributed video content, the method comprising:
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receiving view information representing a reproduction state of a video content transmitted from an arbitrary view terminal and registering the view information; receiving a video list request from a view terminal, accessing a menu server to acquire the video list, determining if there is a video content with a suspended state designated by a user of the view terminal in the view information, and if there is a video content with the suspended state, adding the video content with the suspended state as a candidate of continuable viewing to the video list, and transmitting the added video list to the view terminal; and finding an information item containing an indication of a view location of the video content with the suspended state from the view information and transmitting the information item to the view terminal that requested the video list. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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