Patent ID: 7589794

Claim:
A system for delivering contents automatically, said system comprising: first signal-selecting-and-delivering means for selecting a contents-signal from the contents-signals each having a first format of the contents-signal and delivering the selected contents-signal having the first format; second signal-selecting-and-delivering means for selecting a contents-signal from the contents-signals each having a second format of the contents-signal and delivering the selected contents-signal having the second format; signal-supplying means for supplying the contents-signals each having the first format to the first signal-selecting-and-delivering means and the contents-signals each having the second format to the second signal-selecting-and delivering means; signal-converting means for converting the contents-signal that is output from the first signal-selecting-and-delivering means, said contents-signal having the first format, into the contents-signal having the second format and supplying the converted contents-signal having the second format to the second signal-selecting-and-delivering means; and control means for controlling signal-supplying operation of the signal-supplying means and signal-selecting-and-delivering operations of the first and second signal-selecting-and-delivering means to allow the first signal-selecting-and-delivering means to deliver the contents-signal having the first format and the second signal-selecting-and-delivering means to deliver the contents-signal having the second format, based on a predetermined delivery schedule of the contents.