Patent ID: 7965727

Claim:
A broadcast distributing system that divides broadcast data into a plurality of packet data and distributes the packet data via a network, the broadcast distributing system comprising: a transmitter that sets a transfer precedence of each of the packet data and that transmits each of the packet data into the network based on the transfer precedence set in the packet data; a receiver that receives the packet data transmitted by the transmitter via the network, temporarily stores the packet data in a memory and outputs the packet data stored in the memory, and reports a buffer occupancy of the memory to the transmitter; and a memory setting unit that sets a capacity of the memory based on a delay generated when a first transfer route is used, wherein the transmitter sets the transfer precedence of each of the packet data based on the buffer occupancy of the memory, the receiver transmits a set signal to an adjacent receiver when a capacity of the memory is set to the receiver by the memory setting unit, and the adjacent receiver receives the set signal, and receives the packet data transferred from the receiver that transmits the set signal.