Patent ID: 9338481
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A communication apparatus that distributes, according to a segment request from an external apparatus, segments obtained by dividing video data to the external apparatus, comprising: a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with the external apparatus; and a control unit configured to control the communication apparatus, wherein the control unit performs following steps: generating a segment list describing information on a distribution source of each segment; transmitting via the wireless communication unit the segment list in response to a request from the external apparatus, for acquiring the segment list; holding management information of a plurality of other communication apparatuses that are capable of distributing data to the external apparatus; and receiving, from a user, selection of a communication apparatus that is to distribute data to the external apparatus, out of the communication apparatuses of which the management information is held, wherein when the selection of a communication apparatus that is to distribute data to the external apparatus is received from the user, said control unit generates a segment list such that the communication apparatus selected by the user is set as the distribution source of the segment, and wherein the segment list generated such that the communication apparatus selected by the user is set as the distribution source of the segment is transmitted via the wireless communication unit in response to the request from the external apparatus for acquiring the segment list.