Patent ID: 8145781

Claim:
A data distribution computer system for relaying distribution data between a plurality of nodes on a network, comprising: a management device configured to: acquire and hold information set by default on data transmission-enabled bandwidth of each of the plurality of nodes on the network; acquire and hold a transfer bandwidth set by default for content to be distributed; acquire and hold transfer bandwidth splitting information set by default, which is a splitting geometric ratio to split the content to be distributed into a plurality of transfer bandwidths; and determine a connection destination of the content to be distributed, which is geometric split based on the transfer bandwidth split information, wherein the acquired transfer bandwidth for the content to be distributed is split in a geometric ratio relationship based on the acquired transfer bandwidth splitting information, and a respective acquired data transmission bandwidth of the plurality of nodes in use of the split transfer bandwidth is split as a unit, and a node which can secure the bandwidth unit for each split transfer bandwidth as a connection destination is selected to determine a distribution path of the distribution data.