Patent ID: 8510484
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A content transmission apparatus, comprising: a reception unit for performing a receiving process for receiving, from a content output apparatus, either a transmission instruction or wait information that is transmitted by the content output apparatus according to a position within an output order of pieces of content data of at least one piece of content data stored with the content transmission apparatus, the output order of pieces of content data being determined by an order in which the content output apparatus receives a playback reservation from the content transmission apparatus and at least another playback reservation from at least another content transmission apparatus, the reception unit receiving the wait information in response to at least another piece of content data being ahead of the at least one piece of content data in the output order, and the reception unit receiving the transmission instruction in response to no other piece of content data being ahead of the at least one piece of content data in the output order; a transmission unit for starting transmission of the at least one piece of content data to the content output apparatus in response to the reception unit receiving the transmission instruction; and a control unit for controlling a time interval for causing the reception unit to continue to perform the receiving process according to the wait information indicating a status of wait until the transmission unit is to start the transmission of the at least one piece of content data to the content output apparatus.