Appeal 2007-1569
Application 10/089,083
and Interferences (BPAI) has jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b), and we
heard the appeal on August 7, 2007.
Appellants’ invention relates to a method, apparatus and program for
distributing content from one user to a server, and then across the Internet to
a waiting plurality of users. Because this content can be live distribution of
moving image data, i.e. high volume video signals, a reservation system is
claimed that reserves, for a certain period of time, access to the streaming
server that will distribute the content. The reservation is secured by an
authentication token generated by a reservation control center, given to and
stored in the user’s personal computer (PC), and then used to enforce the
reservation at the appointed time. In the words of the Appellant:
On the other hand, when the above-described live
distribution is performed, the content creator needs to send
moving image data to the streaming server in real time, and it is
necessary to secure a communication path to transmit moving
image data between the streaming server and a personal
computer (hereinafter referred to as “PC”) of the content
distributor for a period during the live distribution. This limits
the number of content that can be live-distributed using the
streaming server during the same period and in a time zone to
which many applicants rush, there is a problem that the content
distributor who has been preparing for live distribution in the
time zone cannot perform live distribution in that time zone. In
order to prevent such a problem, it is possible to use the
streaming server based on a reservation system to insure
efficient use of the streaming server to perform live
distribution.
(Specification, Page 3)
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