JP2002077852A - Delivery system of contents and storage medium for storing delivery processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a delivery of contents in a preset time zone without distinguishing storage contents from live contents and to preferentially deliver the contents for a viewing and listening requests of the storage contents from a viewer. SOLUTION: A delivery system of the contents comprises functions of starting and stopping a real time encoder, delivery reserving functions of forming desired delivery set information and setting the time zone for delivering the storage contents or the live contents at each delivery set information, a function capable of delivery reserving the delivery setting or delivery reserving relating to the delivery setting in the delivery reserving management via a network, and a function capable of setting and displaying the delivery reserving in the delivery reserving management only on a designated day.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a content delivery system and a storage medium storing a delivery processing program, and more particularly to delivering content such as a moving image to a viewer in accordance with a reservation setting, and also to content already recorded. The present invention relates to a content distribution system that distributes requested content regardless of a distribution reservation in response to a viewing request from a viewer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, television broadcasts and radio broadcasts are stored contents which are recorded in advance like a drama and broadcast according to a broadcast time zone, and moving images taken by a camera according to the broadcast time zone like a news. Is broadcasted in real-time as it is in real time, and the content is switched according to a predetermined broadcast time zone. For this reason, regardless of the type of the content, the viewer receives the broadcast on a television or a radio and views a moving image or a sound.

On the other hand, at present, on the Internet, a WEB server that provides various information using the World Wide Web (WWW) is installed everywhere in the world. By using an information browsing software called a WEB browser, the user can always access a WEB server from which information is to be obtained, and can access information such as text, still images, and voice, as well as moving images at a low bit rate.

[0004] As the use of the Internet and the WWW has increased, public institutions such as corporations and universities have developed Internet tools and WWs that have become widespread in departmental networks, in-house networks, and campus-wide networks.
Computer networks called intranets that have introduced the W standard are rapidly being constructed. The intranet is constructed by a web server connected to a network in a company or university. The web server stores documents such as company technical support information, company guidelines, procedure manuals, and telephone directories. The user can access any information of the company or the university by browsing the document on the web server using the web browser.

Under the circumstances described above, with the development of moving image transmission technology and compression technology, computer networks such as intranets and the Internet have been used.
2. Description of the Related Art Video-on-demand (hereinafter, referred to as VOD) systems that allow a user to view a desired moving image when desired are being developed. When a user who uses this VOD system watches,
The web browser accesses a page storing a moving image list that can be provided by the VOD system of the web server, and selects one of the contents to be viewed from the list of moving images on the page. You can receive the image distribution.

[0006] However, the WEB server requires a high bit rate of about several Mb / s or more via the network because the distribution of the moving image is not the first purpose and the throughput of the network is limited. It is difficult to transmit a moving image of a rate in real time.

[0007] In recent years, a VOD system in which a WOD server holding a moving image list that can be provided by the VOD system and a VOD server that actually distributes the moving image are disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-88862. Etc. and are proposed. A user using this VOD system accesses a WEB server with a WEB browser to browse a moving image list, and selects moving image data to be viewed from the list, thereby distributing the moving image.
Upon receiving only the information from the OD server, the moving image can be immediately called.

[0008]

However, the prior art has the following problems.

[0009] In the above-mentioned prior art, television broadcasting and radio broadcasting have a problem that contents such as moving images are only distributed in a designated time zone, and contents cannot be distributed in accordance with a viewing request of a viewer. In addition, the VOD system has a problem that it only distributes a moving image in accordance with a viewing request from a viewer, and cannot distribute content according to a predetermined schedule.

[0010] An object of the present invention is to enable distribution to a viewer according to a preset distribution reservation without distinguishing between storage-based content and live-based content, and to request a viewer to view the storage-based content from the viewer. In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide a content distribution system which can distribute the storage-related content by giving priority to the viewing request irrespective of the distribution reservation.

Another object of the present invention is to create a distribution setting (hereinafter referred to as a channel) such as a distribution bit rate of a moving image, a distribution protocol, and a distribution destination, and to distribute a storage content or a live content for each channel. An object of the present invention is to provide a content distribution system having a distribution reservation setting function of setting a band in advance.

Further, an object of the present invention is to provide a function of setting a channel and a distribution reservation associated with the channel via a network when setting the distribution reservation, and to specify the setting and display of the distribution reservation. It is an object of the present invention to provide a content distribution system having a function for performing only on days.

[0013]

According to the present invention, an object of the present invention is to provide a distribution system for distributing stored contents stored in advance and live contents processed by a real-time encoding device. Means for setting a reservation in advance and distributing the storage-based content and the live-based content to a viewer, and giving priority to the viewing-request for a viewing-request for the storage-based content from the viewer irrespective of the setting. Means for distributing designated storage-based content, and means for creating one or more distribution setting information comprising a distribution bit rate, a distribution protocol, and a distribution destination of the content; Means for preliminarily setting a time zone for distributing storage-based content or live-based content for each distribution setting information It is achieved by the.

According to the present invention, by providing the above-described configuration, the contents can be distributed at a preset time zone without distinguishing the storage contents and the live contents, and the viewer can view and listen to the storage contents. In response to the request, the content can be distributed with priority.

Each of the above-mentioned means can be constructed by a processing program on a computer, and can be used as a storage device using various disk-type recording media, a semiconductor storage device,
It can be installed on a computer through various forms of media such as a communication network.

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of a content distribution system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a content distribution system according to one embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment of the present invention, the present invention is applied to distribution of a moving image. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1000 denotes a moving image distribution system; 1001, a display; 1002, a CPU;
03 is a keyboard, 1004 is a mouse, 1005 is a network interface, 1006 is a bus, 1007 is a memory, 1008 is a distribution reservation input / output program, 100
9 is a distribution reservation management program, 1010 is a real-time encoding device management program, 1011 is a VOD management program, 1012 is a VOD program, 1013 is a storage device, 1014 is distribution reservation information, 1015 is channel information, 1016 is content information, and 1017 is content information. Real-time encoding device information, 1018, moving image data, 101
9 is a real-time encoding device, 1020 is a viewing terminal device, and 1021 is a network.

As shown in FIG. 1, a moving image distribution system 1
000 is a display 1001, which is an output device,
A CPU 1002 for system control, a keyboard 1003 and a mouse 1004 as input devices, a network interface 1005 as an input / output interface for the moving image distribution system 1000 to transmit and receive data to and from an external device, and transfer of commands or data. A bus 1006 for performing the processing, a memory 1007 for storing a program for executing processing by the CPU 1002, and the like, and a storage device 1013 for storing various processing data. And this moving image distribution system 1000
A real-time encoding device 1019 (hereinafter, referred to as a “real-time encoding device”) that sequentially and instantly encodes moving images acquired from an imaging device such as a camera.
RTE), and a viewing terminal device 1020 having an information browsing unit such as a WEB browser used by a viewer when viewing a moving image provided by the moving image distribution system 1000 and a network 1021 such as the Internet. ing. The dotted lines on the viewing terminal device 1020 indicate that a plurality of these devices can exist.

The memory 1007 stores a processing program which is stored in the storage device 1013 and is transferred in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 1002 to execute a function relating to the present invention. These programs are divided into a moving image distribution reservation function unit and a VOD system function unit depending on the function.
Are classified into two types. The moving image distribution reservation function unit has three programs, namely, a distribution reservation input / output program 100.
8, a distribution reservation management program 1009 and a real-time encoding device management program 1010. In addition, the VOD system function unit executes the VOD management program 1
011 and a VOD program 1012. The storage device 1013 stores distribution reservation information 1014 including channel information 1015 and content information 1016, real-time encoding device information 1017, and moving image data 1018.

The above-mentioned distribution reservation input / output program 1008
Performs settings such as new creation, change, and deletion of a distribution reservation for two programs to be described later, that is, a distribution reservation management program 1009 and a real-time encoding device management program 1010, and clearly recognizes the distribution reservation setting status. Is a program that controls the display so that
This is a program that provides a dialog environment between the administrator and the illustrated system.

The distribution reservation management program 1009 holds distribution reservation settings from the distribution reservation input / output program 1008, and is composed of two programs to be described later, that is, a VOD management program 1011 and a VOD program 1012 according to the distribution reservation settings. This is a program that communicates with the VOD system function unit to start and end moving image distribution. The distribution reservation setting from the distribution reservation input / output program 1008 is the distribution reservation information 101 in the storage device 1013.
4 is stored. The distribution reservation information 1014 is divided into channel information 1015 describing a channel, which is a distribution setting unique to the VOD system function unit, and content information 1016, which is content-specific information such as storage content and live content to be actually distributed. Is stored.

Real-time encoding device management program 1
010 is R from the distribution reservation input / output program 1008.
Delivery reservation management program 1 that retains settings related to TE
This program returns specified RTE setting information in response to a request from 009. The RTE setting information from the distribution reservation input / output program 1008 is stored in the storage device 1013.
Is stored in the real-time encoding device information 1017.

The VOD management program 1011 constituting the VOD system function unit is a program for performing management when providing a service for distributing the stored moving image data 1018 to a viewer who has issued a viewing request. .
The VOD management program 1011 not only manages the viewer who has issued the viewing request, but also manages the distribution start and end requests from the distribution reservation management program 1009 of the moving image distribution system 1000.

The VOD program 1012 stores the moving image data 1 according to an instruction from the VOD management program 1011.
018 is a program for actually distributing.

In the moving image distribution system 1000, the CPU 1002 executes processing according to the distribution reservation input / output program 1008, distribution reservation management program 1009, real-time encoding device management program 1010, VOD management program 1011 and VOD program 1012 described above. Thereby, the functions related to the present invention are executed.

Next, the configuration of a table storing various information used in each program described above in the processing according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a table storing components of channel information 1015, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a table storing components of RTE information 1017, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a table storing components of the content information 1016 of the content, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a table storing RTE initialization setting elements in the content information 1016 of the live content.

As shown in FIG. 2, the channel information 1015 includes a channel name 160 for identifying a channel.
1. A VOD program operating system name 1602 specified when limiting the system name on which the VOD program 1012 that distributes the content operates, a maximum bit rate 1603 when distributing the content, a distribution protocol 1604 when distributing the content, IP It is composed of six items, a distribution IP address 1605 and a distribution IP port 1606 when distributing by the multicast method.

As shown in FIG. 3, the RTE information 1017 includes an RTE name 1701 for identifying the RTE,
3 of TE IP address 1702 and port number 1703
It consists of two items.

As shown in FIG. 4, the content information 1016 of the storage system content and the live system content includes a channel name 1801 to be distributed, a content name 1802 of the storage system content to be distributed, a distribution start time 1803, a distribution end time 1804, and a reservation Immediate distribution 1805 of information on whether or not distribution is to be started immediately after setting, and periodic distribution of information on whether or not to distribute every day in the time zone of the specified distribution start time 1803 and distribution end time 1804 1806,
A distribution mode 1807 for specifying whether to distribute simply like stored content or to distribute while recording a moving image like live content, an RTE name 1808 used for the distributed live content, Initial setting value 1809 of the RTE in the case, in the case of distributing while recording a moving image in the case of live content, a recorded content name 1810 which is a content name when the content is made a storage content after recording, and It is composed of eleven items of a recorded content access right 1811 which is an access right of the recorded content.

Content information 10 of live content
RT, which is an RTE initialization setting element in R.16
As shown in FIG. 5, an initialization setting value 1809 of E includes an encoding algorithm 1901 that is a video encoding method, a resolution 1902 that is the number of video pixels, a number of frames per second 1903 of the video, and a video bit rate. 1904, an encoding algorithm 1905 as an audio encoding method, an audio stereo or monaural mode 1906, a sampling rate 1907 in audio digitization, and an audio bit rate 1908.

FIG. 6 shows a distribution reservation input / output program 1008.
Is a flowchart for explaining a process of newly creating a channel for which a distribution reservation is set, and this will be described below.

(1) Distribution reservation input / output program 1008
When the processing is started, the VOD management program 101 designates a desired channel setting and adds the setting to the channel list as one channel.
1 (steps 1101, 11).
02).

(2) The VOD management program 1011
Upon receiving the above request from the distribution reservation input / output program 1008, confirming that the request is a channel addition request, it transmits a channel addition request to the distribution reservation management program 1009 (steps 1103 and 1104).

(3) Distribution reservation management program 1009
Receives the channel addition request from the VOD management program 1011, creates a channel according to the specified settings, and sets the channel information 1015 of the distribution reservation information 1014.
2 is stored as shown in FIG. 2, and the result is returned to the distribution reservation input / output program 1008 via the VOD management program 1011 (step 1105).
１1107).

(4) Delivery reservation input / output program 1008
If the addition request is successful based on the above reply, the created channel is added and displayed in the channel list,
If a failure has occurred, the details of the failure are displayed (step 11).
08).

FIG. 7 shows a distribution reservation input / output program 1008.
Is a flowchart for explaining a process of newly creating an RTE for setting a delivery reservation using the RTE, which will be described below.

(1) Delivery reservation input / output program 1008
Starts the process, specifies the desired RTE setting, and transmits the addition request to the VOD management program 1011 to add the setting to the RTE list as one RTE (steps 1201 and 1202).

(2) The VOD management program 1011
Upon receiving the above request from the distribution reservation input / output program 1008 and confirming that the request is an RTE addition request,
RT to the real-time encoding device management program 1010
Send an E addition request (steps 1203, 120
4).

(3) The real-time encoding device management program 1010 receives the RTE addition request from the VOD management program 1011 and sets the RTE according to the specified setting.
Is created, and the set values are stored in the real-time encoding device information 1017 as shown in FIG.
A reply is sent to the distribution reservation input / output program 1008 via the D management program 1011 (steps 1205 to 1210).
07).

(4) Delivery reservation input / output program 1008
Displays the created RTE in the RTE list when the addition request is successful according to the above-described reply result, and displays the content of the failure when the addition is failed (step 1208).

FIG. 8 shows a distribution reservation input / output program 1008.
Is a flowchart illustrating a process of registering a distribution reservation for a certain channel, which will be described below.

(1) Delivery reservation input / output program 1008
, When the process is started, specifies a distribution reservation setting such as a desired channel and a distribution time zone, and transmits the addition request to the VOD management program 1011 to add the reservation setting to the reservation list of the specified channel. (Steps 1301 and 1302).

(2) The VOD management program 1011
Upon receiving the above-mentioned request from the distribution reservation input / output program 1008, confirming that the request is a distribution reservation addition request, it transmits a distribution reservation addition request to the distribution reservation management program 1009 (steps 1303, 1304).

(3) Distribution reservation management program 1009
Receives the distribution reservation addition request from the VOD management program 1011, creates a distribution reservation on the specified channel, saves the set value in the content information 1016 of the distribution reservation information 1014 as shown in FIG. After being associated with the channel information 1015 of the assigned channel,
The result is returned to the distribution reservation input / output program 1008 via the VOD management program 1011 (steps 1305 to 1307).

(4) Delivery reservation input / output program 1008
Displays the created distribution reservation as a reservation list on the specified channel when the addition request succeeds as a result of the above-described reply, and displays the details of the failure when the addition fails (step 1308).

It should be noted that the distribution reservation described above can be set in units of one day, and these can be displayed as a reservation list.

FIG. 9 shows a distribution reservation management program 1009.
Is a flowchart illustrating a process of starting distribution according to a distribution reservation registered in a channel. This will be described below.

(1) Distribution reservation management program 1009
Checks the channel information 1015 and the content information 1016 of the distribution reservation information 1014 at regular time intervals, and checks whether or not the current time is reserved for distributing the content and whether there is any content to be immediately distributed. .
If there is no reserved content or content to be distributed immediately, the process of this step is started without any operation and after a lapse of a predetermined time (step 1401).

(2) In step 1401, if there is a content reserved for distribution at the current time or a content immediately distributed, the distribution reservation management program 1009 sets the content to be distributed at the current time. It is determined whether the reserved content is a storage type content or a live type content.
The processing described below with reference to FIG. 10 is performed (steps 1402, 1
404).

(3) If it is determined in step 1402 that the content reserved for distribution is a storage-based content, the distribution reservation management program 1009 transmits the distribution reservation information 1014 relating to the designated content and the distribution request to the VOD. Send to the management program 1011 (step 1
403).

(4) The VOD management program 1011
A distribution request from the distribution reservation management program 1009 in step 1403 or in a process described later with reference to FIG. 10 is received, and it is confirmed that the request is a distribution start request. VOD
A distribution start request is transmitted to the program 1012 together with the distribution reservation information 1014 (step 1405).

(5) The VOD program 1012 initializes distribution settings based on the received distribution reservation information 1014,
The result is returned to the distribution reservation management program 1009 via the VOD management program 1011. The distribution reservation management program 1009 receives this reply and ends the distribution reservation start processing (steps 1406 to 1408).

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining processing from transmission of the distribution request from the distribution reservation management program 1009 to the VOD management program 1011 when the content for starting the distribution reservation is a live content. explain. This process is started when the content to be distributed is determined to be live content by the process of step 1402 in FIG. 9 described above.

(1) The distribution reservation management program obtains the RTE information 1017, which is information relating to the live content reserved for distribution at the current time, so that the distribution reservation information 1014 relating to the specified live content is stored in the RTE management program. An inquiry is sent by sending the inquiry to 1010 (step 1501).

(2) The RTE management program 1010
RTE specified by received distribution reservation information 1014
Information is acquired from the RTE information 1017, and the result is returned to the distribution reservation management program 1009 (steps 1502 and 1503).

(3) Distribution reservation management program 1009
Is the RT returned from the RTE management program 1010
After receiving the E information, an inquiry is made to the RTE management program 1010 about the operating state of the RTE based on the received RTE information (step 1504).

(4) The RTE management program 1010
The operating status of the RTE specified by the inquiry from the distribution reservation management program 1009 is acquired, and the operating status is returned to the distribution reservation management program 1009 (step 1).
505, 1506).

(5) Distribution reservation management program 1009
Is the RT returned from the RTE management program 1010
E information, RTE operation status, distribution reservation information 1014 relating to the specified RTE content, and a distribution request
D management program 1011 (step 150
7).

(6) The VOD management program 1011
An activation request is transmitted to the RTE specified by the information received from the distribution reservation management program 1009, and a response indicating a successful activation is received from the RTE. Also, the VOD management program 1011 executes the RTE specified by the received information.
, And receives a response from the RTE indicating that the initialization was successful. Thereafter, step 140 of FIG.
5 (steps 1508 to 1511).

FIG. 11 shows a distribution reservation input / output program 100.
8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on a display 1001 when step 8 is executed. FIG. This screen example controls the distribution reservation management program 1009 and the RTE management program 1010 described above, and executes the distribution reservation input / output program 1008, which is a processing program provided with an interactive environment between the administrator and the system shown in FIG. When the display 100
1 is an example of a screen displayed in FIG.

Each time a channel name and an RTE name are created, the list is displayed on the display screen. When a distribution reservation is set for a certain channel, the band is displayed at a designated time zone of the channel. ing. In the distribution reservation display, a reservation for one day (hereinafter, schedule) is displayed, and by specifying a date, a schedule for one day on the specified day is displayed. . Further, the operating status of the RTE list is also displayed.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a content distribution system according to another embodiment of the present invention. In another embodiment of the present invention, the present invention is applied to distribution of a moving image. In FIG. 12, 2001 is RT
E, 2002 is a VOD system, 2003 is a viewing terminal device, 2004 and 2005 are personal computers,
006 is a network.

Another embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 12 is an RTE 2001 for sequentially and instantaneously encoding moving images acquired from an imaging device such as a camera, and a VOD system function unit of the moving image distribution system 1000 shown in FIG. A VOD system 2002 that distributes the stored moving image data to a user who has issued a viewing request
A viewing terminal device 2003 having an information browsing unit such as a WEB browser used when viewing a moving image provided by 002 and a moving image distribution reservation function unit constituting the moving image distribution system 1000 of FIG. Personal computer (PC) 200 that divides and executes a processing program
4 and 2005 are connected to a network 2006.

In the above, the PC 2004 has the distribution reservation management program 1009 and the RTE management program 101
0, and the PC 2005 executes the distribution reservation input / output program 1008. Note that a dotted line written on the PC 2005 or the like indicates that a plurality of devices can exist.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the above-described configuration eliminates the need to perform the distribution reservation setting operation in the moving image distribution system 1000, and
6 can be performed on the PC 2005 connected to the PC 6. Further, by installing a plurality of such PCs 2005, it becomes possible for a plurality of administrators to perform distribution reservation setting work in different places.

As described above, the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but can be implemented in various modes different from the above.

Various programs in the above-described embodiment of the present invention are FD, CDROM, MO, DVD
The present invention can be implemented by using such a storage medium stored in a storage medium.

According to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the stored contents and the live contents can be distributed in a preset time zone without discrimination, and the viewer can view the stored contents. In response to the request, the content can be distributed with priority.
Further, according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to make a distribution setting and a distribution reservation associated with the distribution setting via a network, so that a moving image distribution system and a moving image distribution reservation management device can be arranged before the moving image distribution system and the moving image distribution reservation management device. Even if the user does not have the terminal, the terminal can perform the distribution setting, the distribution reservation setting, and the setting browsing of the content from the terminal via the network.

Further, according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, by providing the date selection function, the setting and display of the distribution reservation can be performed only on the designated day, and the distribution setting and the distribution reservation can be managed. In doing so, it is possible to easily and accurately set the contents without confusion.

[0071]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to distribute storage contents and live contents in a preset time zone without distinguishing them, and to provide storage contents from viewers to storage contents. In response to the viewing request, the content can be distributed with priority.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a content distribution system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a table storing components of channel information.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a table storing components of RTE information.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of a table storing components of content information of storage-based content and live-based content.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a table storing an RTE initialization setting element in content information of live content.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which a distribution reservation input / output program newly creates a channel for setting a distribution reservation.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which the distribution reservation input / output program newly creates an RTE for setting a distribution reservation using the RTE.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of registering a distribution reservation in a channel having a distribution reservation input / output program.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which the distribution reservation management program starts distribution according to a distribution reservation registered in a channel.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a case where a content to start a distribution reservation is a live system content;
It is a flowchart explaining a process until it transmits a distribution request to a D management program.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on a display when a distribution reservation input / output program is executed.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a content distribution system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1000 moving image distribution system 1001 display 1002 CPU 1003 keyboard 1004 mouse 1005 network interface 1006 bus 1007 memory 1008 distribution reservation input / output program 1009 distribution reservation management program 1010 RTE management program 1011 VOD management program 1012 VOD program 1013 storage device 1014 distribution reservation information 1015 Channel information 1016 Content information 1017 RTE information 1018 Moving image data 1019 RTE 1020 Viewing terminal 1021, 2006 Network 2001 RTE 2002 VOD system 2003 Viewing terminal 2004, 2005 Personal computer

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Masaru Igawa 890 Kashimada, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside the Business Solution Development Division, Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Inventor Shuichi Sakamoto 890 Kashimada, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture Hitachi, Ltd. 5B049 BB11 CC06 CC21 CC31 DD01 EE01 EE07 FF03 FF04 GG04 GG07 5C064 BA01 BB05 BC16 BC20 BD02 BD03 BD08 BD09

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. In a distribution system for distributing stored content stored in advance and live content processed by a real-time encoding apparatus, a time zone is set in advance to reserve the stored content and live content. Means for distributing the designated storage-related content to the viewer, and for the viewing request for the storage-related content from the viewer, giving priority to the viewing request regardless of the setting. A content distribution system comprising: 2. A means for creating at least one distribution setting information composed of a distribution bit rate, a distribution protocol, and a distribution destination of the content, and a storage content or a live content for each of the distribution setting information. 2. The content distribution system according to claim 1, further comprising: means for presetting a distribution time zone. 3. The content distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the reservation setting is performed via a network. 4. A means for distributing storage-based content and live-based content to a viewer to realize the content delivery system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said setting is performed in response to a viewing request for the storage-based content. Means for prioritizing distribution of the designated storage content, means for creating distribution setting information, and pre-setting the time zone for distributing the storage content or live content for each distribution setting information A storage medium storing a processing program for realizing each of the means for performing the processing.