Patent ID: 7076563
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A digital content downloading system using a network in which digital content, possessed by a digital content retailer communicatively coupled to the network, is downloaded to one of a plurality of consumers through the network, comprising: a plurality of subscriber lines each formed of an optical fiber and arranged between the consumers and the network, the network being managed by a network operator; an optical line terminator, arranged on one side of the network, for terminating a subscriber line on the network side; an optical network unit, arranged on a side of each consumer, for terminating a subscriber line on the consumer side; a star coupler configured to connect the subscriber lines terminated by the optical network units to the subscriber line terminated by the optical line terminator; a resource reservation server configured to reserve a particular bandwidth for the digital content in the subscriber lines in response to a request by a particular consumer; and downward bandwidth managing means, arranged in the optical line terminator, for controlling downloading of the digital content from the digital content retailer to the optical network unit of the particular consumer so that the digital content is transmitted through the subscriber lines and the star coupler at the particular bandwidth reserved by the resource reservation server.