Patent ID: 7398320

Claim:
An information distribution/reproduction control apparatus in communication over a network with a distribution server and a receiving-device, comprising: a memory unit storing distribution server information and receiving-device information; and a controller controlling over the network according to a distribution instruction based upon the distribution server information, the distribution server distributing over the network a content as real-time reproducible stream information to the receiving device, based upon traffic volume on the network and/or processing capacity of the receiving device, controlling, over the network, according to a reception instruction based upon the distribution server information and the receiving device information, reception of the real-time reproducible stream information by the receiving device, based upon the traffic volume on the network and/or a processing capacity of the receiving device, and controlling, over the network, according to a reproduction instruction based upon the network traffic volume and/or the processing capacity of the receiving device, a display parameter of the content of the stream information to be reproduced at the receiving device, the display parameter related to one or more of a display layout comprising one or more of a display size or a display position, or a reproduction speed, or an image quality comprising one or more of a number of display colors, a lightness or a chroma, or whether to superimpose the content with another content or sound related to one or more of whether to reproduce sound, whether to synthesize a sound with another sound, specifying a sound volume, or voice/sound quality information, or prohibiting and/or permitting another external control at the receiving device of the display parameter, wherein the distribution instruction comprises editing the content of the real-time reproducible stream information reducing a display size of the content, based upon the traffic volume on the network and/or the processing capacity of the receiving device.