Multi-media data automatic delivery system
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1. A delivery system for delivering a plurality of contents, comprising:
- a center system configured to deliver the plurality of contents;
a plurality of terminal apparatuses configured to receive the plurality of contents from the center system and to display the plurality of contents; and
communication lines connecting said center system to said plurality of terminal apparatuses and configured to transmit the plurality of contents,wherein said center system comprises;
a delivery-schedule setting unit configured to set a schedule of delivery of the plurality of contents;
a content-delivery unit configured to identify the contents to be delivered to one of the terminal apparatuses based on attribute information indicative of at least one characteristic of the one of the terminal apparatuses and to deliver the contents to the one of the terminal apparatuses,wherein the one of the terminal apparatuses sends the center system a picture of a screen of said the one of the terminal apparatuses on which the contents received from the center system is displayed; and
a remote monitoring unit configured to determine based on the received picture of the screen of said one of the terminal apparatuses whether any of the plurality of contents are displayed on the screen of said the one of the terminal apparatuses.
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Abstract
A system for delivering contents includes a center system which delivers the contents, a plurality of terminal systems which receive the contents from the center system and displays the contents, and communication lines connecting the center system to the plurality of terminal systems. The center system includes a delivery-schedule setting unit which sets a schedule of delivery, and a contents-delivery unit which delivers the contents to the terminal systems according to the schedule of delivery during a time period when a load on the terminal systems is lower than a predetermined level.
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1. A delivery system for delivering a plurality of contents, comprising:
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a center system configured to deliver the plurality of contents; a plurality of terminal apparatuses configured to receive the plurality of contents from the center system and to display the plurality of contents; and communication lines connecting said center system to said plurality of terminal apparatuses and configured to transmit the plurality of contents, wherein said center system comprises; a delivery-schedule setting unit configured to set a schedule of delivery of the plurality of contents; a content-delivery unit configured to identify the contents to be delivered to one of the terminal apparatuses based on attribute information indicative of at least one characteristic of the one of the terminal apparatuses and to deliver the contents to the one of the terminal apparatuses, wherein the one of the terminal apparatuses sends the center system a picture of a screen of said the one of the terminal apparatuses on which the contents received from the center system is displayed; and a remote monitoring unit configured to determine based on the received picture of the screen of said one of the terminal apparatuses whether any of the plurality of contents are displayed on the screen of said the one of the terminal apparatuses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A contents delivery method for delivering contents to be stored and displayed at a terminal apparatus that is connected thereto via a network, comprising:
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causing a contents storing unit to store contents to be delivered to the terminal apparatus; causing an attribute information storing unit to store attribute information indicative of at least one characteristic of the terminal apparatus on a terminal-apparatus-specific basis; identifying the contents to be delivered to the terminal apparatus among the contents stored in the contents storing unit based on the attribute information of the terminal apparatus; retrieving the identified contents from the contents storing unit for delivery to the terminal apparatus; delivering the identified contents to the terminal apparatus; receiving a picture of a screen of said terminal apparatus on which the contents is displayed; and determining, based on the received picture of the screen of said terminal apparatus, whether any of the plurality of contents are displayed on the terminal apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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