Appeal 2007-1569
Application 10/089,083
Claim 1 is indicated as being the only claim being appealed, and is
representative of the invention. All the claims will stand or fall together.
(Brief, page 2, top)
1. A method of reserving and accessing resources in a distribution
server, comprising:
a reservation requesting step of sending reservation request
information including a desired service time for distributing content using
said distribution server from a user terminal apparatus to a reservation
control apparatus via a first network;
a reservation accepting step of creating authentication information
used for an accepted reservation and sending the reservation setting
information including said authentication information from said reservation
control apparatus to said user terminal apparatus via the first network when
the reservation for use of said distribution server during said desired service
time included in said reservation request information is accepted;
a storing step of writing and storing said authentication information
included in said reservation setting information sent from said reservation
control apparatus in a predetermined storage area of said user terminal
apparatus;
a service requesting step of reading and sending said authentication
information stored in said predetermined storage area from said user
terminal apparatus when said user terminal apparatus accesses and uses said
distribution server based on said reservation;
an authenticating step of deciding whether the use of said distribution
server by said user terminal apparatus is accepted based on said
authentication information sent from said user terminal apparatus;
transmitting content from the user terminal apparatus to the
distribution server via a second network;
broadcasting, by the content distribution server, said content data
received from said user terminal apparatus over said first network.
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