Patent ID: 8368916
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A data distribution processing system including a plurality of apparatuses which are interconnected via a network and are capable of data communications, wherein a first apparatus of the plurality of apparatuses comprises: (a) a data acquisition unit adapted to acquire data to be outputted to a second apparatus of the plurality of apparatuses, (b) a determination unit adapted to determine a plurality of recipients of the plurality of apparatuses, (c) a splitting unit adapted to split the acquired data into a plurality of data blocks, (d) a generation unit adapted to generate dummy data which is delivered separately from the plurality of data blocks split by the splitting unit, wherein the dummy data does not include the acquired data at all, or in part, (e) a delivery unit adapted to deliver each of the plurality of data blocks to a different one of the plurality of recipients determined by said determination unit, and deliver the dummy data to an apparatus other than the plurality of recipients determined by said determination unit, (f) an output unit adapted to output restoration information including information about the plurality of recipients and information for reconstruction of the data, and (g) a specifying unit adapted to specify a second apparatus which recombines the plurality of data blocks into data ready for output, wherein the second apparatus of the plurality of apparatuses comprises: