Patent ID: 7392315
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of reserving and accessing resources in a distribution server, comprising: a reservation requesting step of sending reservation request information including a desired service time for distributing content using said distribution server from a user terminal apparatus to a reservation control apparatus via a first network; a reservation accepting step of creating authentication information used for an accepted reservation and sending the reservation setting information including said authentication information from said reservation control apparatus to said user terminal apparatus via the first network when the reservation for use of said distribution server during said desired service time included in said reservation request information is accepted; a storing step of writing and storing said authentication information included in said reservation setting information sent from said reservation control apparatus in a predetermined storage area of said user terminal apparatus; a service requesting step of reading and sending said authentication information stored in said predetermined storage area from said user terminal apparatus when said user terminal apparatus accesses and uses said distribution server based on said reservation; an authenticating step of deciding whether the use of said distribution server by said user terminal apparatus is accepted based on said authentication information sent from said user terminal apparatus; transmitting content from the user terminal apparatus to the distribution server via a second network; broadcasting, by the content distribution server, said content data received from said user terminal apparatus over said first network.