Patent ID: 6263504
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A data delivery system in which a transmitting apparatus sends a program including video and/or audio data to a receiving apparatus in response to a request therefrom, said data delivery system comprising:communication means provided in said receiving apparatus for sending said request for said program to said transmitting apparatus;communication means provided in said transmitting apparatus for receiving said request for said program from said receiving apparatus;data output means provided in said transmitting apparatus for outputting first data corresponding to a predetermined time's worth of data at the start of said program, and outputting to a plurality of channels second data corresponding to the remainder of the program subsequent to said first data; each channel being staggered by a time zone which is less than said predetermined time; said second data being output in response to said request from said receiving apparatus;channel selecting means for selecting the channel from amongst said plurality of channels whose second data starts earliest in response to said request from said receiving apparatus;storing means provided in said receiving apparatus for storing said first data and said second data in a hard-disk; andreproducing means provided in said receiving apparatus for reproducing said first data stored in said storing means and reproducing said second data stored in said storing means subsequent to the reproduction of said first data.