Patent ID: 7350223
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A delivery system for delivering a plurality of contents, comprising: a center system configured to deliver the plurality of contents; a plurality of terminal apparatuses configured to receive the plurality of contents from the center system and to display the plurality of contents; and communication lines connecting said center system to said plurality of terminal apparatuses and configured to transmit the plurality of contents, wherein said center system comprises: a delivery-schedule setting unit configured to set a schedule of delivery of the plurality of contents; a content-delivery unit configured to identify the contents to be delivered to one of the terminal apparatuses based on attribute information indicative of at least one characteristic of the one of the terminal apparatuses and to deliver the contents to the one of the terminal apparatuses, wherein the one of the terminal apparatuses sends the center system a picture of a screen of said the one of the terminal apparatuses on which the contents received from the center system is displayed; and a remote monitoring unit configured to determine based on the received picture of the screen of said one of the terminal apparatuses whether any of the plurality of contents are displayed on the screen of said the one of the terminal apparatuses.