Patent ID: 9667443
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A data distribution device comprising: a multimedia data distribution unit to distribute, via a default route, multimedia data from a first communication device connected to a first network; a multimedia data distribution determining unit to determine whether or not the multimedia data distribution unit is distributing the multimedia data; and a routing setting unit to, based on a determination result by the multimedia data distribution determining unit, use a default route information acquired from the first network or a second network through the first communication device or a second communication device to change the default route, and hold the default route information without changing the default route when the multimedia data distribution determining unit determines that the multimedia data distribution unit is distributing the multimedia data and when the default route information has been acquired from the second communication device connected to the second network, wherein the routing setting unit, when the multimedia data distribution determining unit determines that the multimedia data distribution unit is distributing the multimedia data and when default route information has been acquired from the first communication device connected to the first network, changes the default route based on the default route information acquired from the first communication device.