CONTENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM

• US 20160057225A1
• Filed: 08/19/2015
• Published: 02/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: GUO, Zhaogong, ITASAKI, Akira, MATSUMOTO, Tatsuro, SUGANO, Hiroyasu
• Granted Patent: US 10,498,816 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information

Abstract

A system includes: a storage unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of content and a plurality of distribution conditions corresponding to each of the plurality of pieces of content; and circuitry configured to acquire, from a mobile terminal, condition information indicating a condition of the mobile terminal; compare the condition information acquired from the mobile terminal to each of the plurality of distribution conditions stored in the storage unit; identify one or more pieces of content of the plurality of pieces of content having a distribution condition matching the condition information acquired from the mobile terminal based on the comparing; and distribute the identified one or more pieces of content to the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a storage unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of content and a plurality of distribution conditions corresponding to each of the plurality of pieces of content; and

circuitry configured to

acquire, from a mobile terminal, condition information indicating a condition of the mobile terminal;

compare the condition information acquired from the mobile terminal to each of the plurality of distribution conditions stored in the storage unit;

identify one or more pieces of content of the plurality of pieces of content having a distribution condition matching the condition information acquired from the mobile terminal based on the comparing; and

distribute the identified one or more pieces of content to the mobile terminal.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the condition information includes first path information identifying a movement path of the mobile terminal, and

the circuitry is configured to identify the one or more pieces of content to be distributed to the mobile terminal based on the first path information acquired from the mobile terminal.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein

the plurality of distribution conditions include second path information identifying a movement path a mobile terminal to which each of the one or more pieces of content are to be distributed, and

the circuitry is configured to identify the one or more pieces of content to be distributed to the mobile terminal based on a comparison between the first path information and the second path information.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the condition information includes identification information corresponding to at least one piece of content stored at the mobile terminal, and

the circuitry is configured to identify the one or more pieces of content to be distributed to the mobile terminal based on the identification information acquired from the mobile terminal and the plurality of distribution conditions stored in the storage unit.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein

the circuitry is configured to identify, based on the condition information, at least one piece of content of the plurality of pieces of content stored in the storage unit that is not stored at the mobile terminal as the one or more pieces of content to be distributed to the mobile terminal.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the distribution condition indicates at least one of a validity period of a piece of content, a distribution target of at least one of the piece of content among the plurality of pieces of content and a distribution range to which the piece of content is to be distributed, and

the circuitry is configured to identify the one or more pieces of content to be distributed to the mobile terminal based on the distribution condition.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the distribution condition indicates a validity period of a piece of content, a distribution target of at least one of the piece of content among the plurality of pieces of content and a distribution range to which the piece of content is to be distributed, and

the circuitry is configured to identify the one or more pieces of content to be distributed to the mobile terminal based on the distribution condition.

8. The system according to claim 2, wherein

the storage unit stores attribute information corresponding to each of the plurality of pieces of content stored in the storage unit, and

the circuitry is configured to identify the one or more pieces of content to be distributed to the mobile terminal based on the plurality of distribution conditions and the attribute information.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein

the circuitry is configured to

change a degree of the attribute information of at least one of the plurality of pieces of content based on a distance between the system and a location of the mobile terminal based on the movement path stored in the storage unit, and

distribute the at least one of the pieces of content having the changed degree of the attribute information.

10. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a first content distribution apparatus including the circuitry;

a second content distribution apparatus; and

the mobile terminal configured to receive the one or more pieces of content from the first content distribution apparatus, wherein

the first content distribution apparatus is configured to distribute, to the mobile terminal, the one or more pieces of content and the distribution conditions corresponding to the one or more pieces of content,

the mobile terminal is configured to

determine whether communication with the second content distribution apparatus is established; and

upload at least identification information corresponding to the one or more pieces of content and the distribution conditions corresponding to the one or more pieces of content to the second content distribution apparatus in a case that communication with the second content distribution apparatus is established, and

the second content distribution apparatus is configured to distribute the one or more pieces of content to another mobile terminal in accordance with the distribution conditions corresponding to the one or more pieces of content.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein

the second content distribution apparatus is configured to

determine whether the one or more pieces of content are stored in the second content distribution apparatus based on the identification information received from the mobile terminal;

and

transmit an instruction to the mobile terminal to upload the one or more pieces of content to the second content distribution apparatus.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein

the mobile terminal is configured to upload the one or more pieces of content to the second content distribution apparatus when the mobile terminal receives the instruction from the second content distribution apparatus.

13. The system according to claim 10, wherein

the second content distribution apparatus is configured to

store another piece of content;

determine whether the another piece of content is stored in the mobile terminal based on the identification information received from the mobile terminal; and

distribute the another piece of content to the mobile terminal when the another piece of content is not stored in the mobile terminal.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium including a computer program, which when executed by a mobile terminal, cause the mobile terminal to:

receive a piece of content and a distribution condition associated with the piece of content from a first content distribution apparatus;

determine whether communication with a second content distribution apparatus is established;

upload the piece of content and the associated distribution condition to the second content distribution apparatus in a case that communication with the second content distribution apparatus is established, wherein the second content distribution apparatus distributes the first piece of content to another mobile terminal in accordance with the associated distribution condition.

15. A content distribution method comprising:

storing, by a first content distribution apparatus, a plurality of pieces of content and a plurality of distribution conditions corresponding to each of the plurality of pieces of content;

acquiring, by the first content distribution apparatus, condition information from a mobile terminal, the condition information indicating a condition of the mobile terminal;

identifying, by the first content distribution apparatus, one or more pieces of content to be distributed to the mobile terminal based on a comparison between the condition information acquired from the mobile terminal and the plurality of distribution conditions; and

distributing, by the first content distribution apparatus, the identified one or more pieces of content to the mobile terminal.

16. The content distribution method according to the claim 15, further comprising:

distributing, from the first content distribution apparatus, a content having an associated distribution condition to the mobile terminal;

determining, by the mobile terminal, whether communication with a second content distribution apparatus is established;

uploading, by the mobile terminal, information for specifying the content received from the first content distribution apparatus to the second content distribution apparatus when the communication with the second content distribution apparatus is established; and

enabling, by the second content distribution apparatus, distribution of the content specified by the information received from the mobile terminal based on the associated distribution condition.

17. The content distribution method according to claim 16, further comprising:

determining, by the second content distribution apparatus, whether the first piece of content is stored in the second content distribution apparatus based on the at least identification information received from the mobile terminal; and

transmitting, by the second content distribution apparatus, an instruction to the mobile terminal to upload the first piece of content to the second content distribution apparatus.

18. The content distribution method according to claim 17, further comprising:

uploading, by the mobile terminal, the first piece of content to the second content distribution apparatus when the mobile terminal receives the instruction from the second content distribution apparatus.

19. The content distribution method according to claim 16, further comprising:

storing, by the second content distribution apparatus, a second piece of content;

determining, by the second content distribution apparatus, whether the second piece of content is stored in the mobile terminal based on the at least identification information received from the mobile terminal; and

distributing, by the second content distribution apparatus, the second piece of content to the mobile terminal when the second piece of content is not stored in the mobile terminal.