Patent ID: 7634532
Filing Date: 2009-12-15
Classification: G06F,G10H

Abstract:
1. A network type content reproducing system comprising a server and at least one client connected to said server, said server comprising a storage device for storing a plurality of contents, said client comprising: a selector selecting a desired content among said plurality of contents; a content requester transmitting, to said server, a content transfer request command including an obtaining start address indicating the first address of data to be obtained from said server by said client in said selected content and an obtaining data length indicating a predetermined length of the data to be obtained from said server by said client; a setter setting a skip amount indicating a desired size of data to zero, positive or negative value; and an adder adding said obtaining data length and said set skip amount to the obtaining start address included in the previous content transfer request command to calculate the obtaining start address to be included in the next content transfer request command, said content requester repeating transmission of said content transfer request command while said set skip amount is kept constant, said server further comprising a content returner responsive to the content transfer request command transmitted from said client, reading out, from said storage device, the content corresponding to said obtaining data length from said obtaining start address and returning the read content to said client, said client further comprising a reproducer reproducing the content returned from said server in a normal reproducing mode, a fast forward reproducing mode or a fast reverse reproducing mode.