Patent ID: 7330901
Filing Date: 2008-02-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus configured to stream-distribute data to an information processing terminal, comprising: a determination element configured to perform an act of determining whether data to be distributed can be stream-distributed to the information processing terminal, wherein the determining includes determining a transfer rate of data transferred between the information processing apparatus and the information processing terminal, wherein the determined transfer rate is used to determine a number of quantization bits and a sampling frequency of the data to be distributed, and wherein the determination element comprises: a transmission element configured to perform an act of stream-distributing the data to be distributed to the information processing terminal when the determination element determines that the determined transfer rate is equal to or above a threshold and the data to be distributed can be stream-distributed to the information processing terminal, and, if the determined transfer rate is below the threshold, to perform an act of sending an error message to the information processing terminal indicating that stream-distributing the data to be distributed is not allowed, wherein the data to be distributed is digital data.