Patent ID: 8095228
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A data transmitting apparatus for transmitting audio data to a plurality of destinations, comprising: a grouping unit configured to group the plurality of destinations into a plurality of groups including at least a first group and a second group such that first and second destinations belong to the first group and third and fourth destinations belong to the second group; and a transmission processing unit configured to process for transmitting, at a first timing corresponding to generation of audio data of a first time period, the audio data of the first time period to the first destination of the first group, and to process for transmitting, at a second timing corresponding to generation of audio data of a second time period later than the first time period and overlapped with the first time period, the audio data of the second time period to the third destination of the second group, wherein the transmission processing unit processes for transmitting the audio data of the first time period to the second destination of the first group after processing for transmitting the audio data of the first time period to the first destination, and the transmission processing unit processes for transmitting the audio data of the second time period to the fourth destination of the second group after processing for transmitting the audio data of the second time period to the third destination.