Patent ID: 8078700
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A transcoder comprising: a transcoder module for converting, using a processor, a format of a content stored in a server on a network into a format which is supported by a renderer on the network which plays back the content; and an internal controller for acquiring a content list which is held by said server so as to compare a format of each content described in said acquired content list with a conversion function of said transcoder module and create a transcoder content list in which contents which can be supported by said transcoder are described, and for transferring a request to acquire a content to said server, the request being transmitted thereto on a basis of the created transcoder content list, wherein said transcoder module converts a format of the content transmitted from said server into a format which can be supported by said renderer, and transmits the content having the converted format to said renderer; in response to a request from a user, said internal controller transmits the created transcoder content list to a controller which makes a request to play back a content; and said internal controller receives the request to acquire the content, the request including an address for specifying the content, from said renderer which receives the playback request to play back the content including the address for specifying the content from said controller which has received the transcoder content list, and transfers the content acquisition request which said internal controller has received to said server by referring to the address for specifying the content.