Patent ID: 7882248
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A content delivering system that delivers content to a client through a peer-to-peer streaming, the content delivering system comprising: a receiver that receives a request for content delivery from the client; a determining unit that stores therein a combination of an attribute reflecting a user's preference and an affiliated group, and that determines an affiliated group of the client according to the attribute corresponding to the client; a storage device that stores therein data related to the client, the data including data of the affiliated group determined by the determining unit; a deciding unit that decides, a delivering server as an access point of the client when another client affiliated to the affiliated group determined by the determining unit is not registered in the storage device, and the other client as the access point of the client when the other client affiliated to the affiliated group determined by the determining unit is registered in the storage unit; and a notifying unit that notifies the access point decided by the deciding unit to the client.