Patent ID: 7818446
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus that transmits a data reproduction process request packet to a node connected to a network and executes a reproduction of reproduction object data, based on return data, the information processing apparatus comprising: a data transmission setting unit configured to determine a transmission percentage for each of one or more data transmission modes according to a demand level of the reproduction object data; a hardware processor configured to set an address in accordance with the one or more data transmission modes, to set a probability value based on a number of encoded blocks of the reproduction object data, to indicate to the node whether to execute a process to return the return data to the information processing apparatus, and to generate the data reproduction process request packet, which stores the probability value and a designation of the reproduction object data; and a network interface unit that transmits the data reproduction process request packet to the node at the address and receives the return data.