Patent ID: 9148696
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A data transmission system comprising: a sending apparatus that sends streaming data; and a receiving apparatus that receives the streaming data from the sending apparatus and sends a request for a switching operation of the streaming data to the sending apparatus, the switching operation being selectable from a group including changing a channel, switching to another sending apparatus as a source of streaming data, and switching to a trick play of the sending apparatus, wherein the sending apparatus switches the streaming data in response to the request, said request being received from the receiving apparatus, wherein the receiving apparatus includes a processing device to execute: a receiving section that receives the streaming data from the sending apparatus; a storage section that stores the received streaming data temporarily and then, transfers the received streaming data; an operation-detecting section that detects whether a user has performed the request for the switching operation; and a control section that controls a transfer rate of the streaming data stored in the storage section and controls a reproduction speed of the streaming data stored in the storage section to perform a fast-forward reproduction of the streaming data stored in the storage section when the operation-detecting section detects that the user has performed the request for the switching operation; and an information-adding section that, when the operation- detecting section detects that the user performs the request, adds to a portion within a packet constituting a streaming data item last received, among packets constituting streaming data items as the received streaming data stored in the storage section, additional information that the user has performed the request for the switching operation.