Patent ID: 8352989
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A content reproduction device that performs streaming reproduction of a content, the device comprising: a plurality of communication units that receive, in parallel, segmented data of a content, the content being a same content, transmitted from a content transmission device over a communication path, a part of the segmented data of the content being received by one of the plurality of communication units and another part of the segmented data of the content being received by another one of the plurality of communication units, the segmented data having data amounts adjusted based on a transmission speed which enables communication; a content reconstruction unit having a buffer in which the segmented data received by the plurality of communication units is temporarily accumulated, and that reconstructs the segmented data accumulated in the buffer into the content; a reproduction unit that extracts the content from the buffer at a predetermined bit rate and that reproduces the content at the predetermined bit rate, the content having been reconstructed by the content reconstruction unit; a communication fee storage unit which stores, in advance, communication fees of the plurality of communication units; and a communication control unit that: