Patent ID: 6321383
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: G10H,H04N

Abstract:
An information supplying device for supplying information to an information output device for outputting information, the information supplying device comprising:an information storing unit that stores at least one set of first information and a plurality of sets of second information, each set of first and second information including a set of digital data, the plurality of sets of second information being stored separately from the at least one set of first information;an input unit that receives a request to supply desired information from the information output device;a read unit, in response to the received request, that reads, from the information storing unit, one set of second information that corresponds to the desired information and one set of first information that corresponds to either one of the desired information and the read set of second information;a composing unit that composes the one set of first information and the one set of second information read out from the information storing unit, the composing unit composing the one set of first information, in the form of a packet data train, with the one set of second information in the form of another packet data train, thereby forming a single composite packet data train; anda supplying unit that supplies the composed information in the form of the single composite packet data train to an information output device;wherein the information storing unit stores the at least one set of first information and the plurality of sets of second information, each set of the at least one set of first information being prepared to be combined with several sets of second information, and a total number of sets of second information is greater than a total number of sets of first information,wherein the information storing unit stores the first information and the second information in the form of digital data trains, andwherein the composing unit includes:a packetizing unit that converts the digital data trains of the first and second information read out from the information storing unit into packet data trains; anda packet composite unit that composes the packet data trains into the single composite packet data train, in which data packets of the first information and data packets of the second information are mixed together, the supplying unit supplying the single composite packet data train to the information output device.