Patent ID: 7568215

Claim:
An information distribution system comprising: a broadcast image distribution system for transmitting a broadcast image; a broadcast image recording/viewing system for receiving the transmitted broadcast image, and recording the received broadcast image as a recorded image; an image editing system for editing the recorded image; a communication network; a communication base station connected to the communication network, to provide communication services; a communication terminal system connected to the communication network, to receive the communication services; and an image edition meta information providing system connected to the communication network, the image edition meta information providing system including an image edition meta information management table, to store predetermined meta information as to edition of the broadcast image, and providing the predetermined meta information after reading the predetermined meta information from the table on the communication network, wherein the broadcast image recording/viewing system is connected to the communication network, the image editing system is connected to the communication network, the communication terminal system transmits a recorded image transmission request to the broadcast image recording/viewing system via the communication network, after receiving the recorded image transmission request, the broadcast image recording/viewing system transmits the transmission-requested recorded image to the image editing system, after receiving the recorded image transmission request, the broadcast image recording/viewing system transmits, to the image edition meta information providing system, an image edition meta information transmission request for requesting the image edition meta information providing system to transmit image edition meta information corresponding to the transmission-requested recorded image to the image editing system, after receiving the image edition meta information transmission request, the image edition meta information providing system transmits the transmission-requested image edition meta information to the image editing system, and after receiving the transmitted recorded image and the transmitted image edition meta information, the image editing system edits the received recorded image, based on the received image edition meta information, and transmits a resultant edited image obtained as a result of the edition to the communication terminal system, as a response to the recorded image transmission request.