| US 7,568,215 B2 | ||
| Information distribution system | ||
| Yusuke Mishina, Kunitachi (Japan); Kazuhisa Kaneko, Fujisawa (Japan); and Katsuaki Tanioka, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 14, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/453,652. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-177128 (JP), filed on Jun. 17, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0174882 A1, Jul. 26, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04N 7/173 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 725—116 [386/52; 348/207.2] | 4 Claims |
| 1. An information distribution system comprising:
a broadcast image distribution system for transmitting a broadcast image;
a broadcast image recording/viewing system for receiving the transmitted broadcast image, and recording the received broadcast
image as a recorded image;
an image editing system for editing the recorded image;
a communication network;
a communication base station connected to the communication network, to provide communication services;
a communication terminal system connected to the communication network, to receive the communication services; and
an image edition meta information providing system connected to the communication network, the image edition meta information
providing system including an image edition meta information management table, to store predetermined meta information as
to edition of the broadcast image, and providing the predetermined meta information after reading the predetermined meta information
from the table on the communication network,
wherein the broadcast image recording/viewing system is connected to the communication network,
the image editing system is connected to the communication network,
the communication terminal system transmits a recorded image transmission request to the broadcast image recording/viewing
system via the communication network,
after receiving the recorded image transmission request, the broadcast image recording/viewing system transmits the transmission-requested
recorded image to the image editing system,
after receiving the recorded image transmission request, the broadcast image recording/viewing system transmits, to the image
edition meta information providing system, an image edition meta information transmission request for requesting the image
edition meta information providing system to transmit image edition meta information corresponding to the transmission-requested
recorded image to the image editing system,
after receiving the image edition meta information transmission request, the image edition meta information providing system
transmits the transmission-requested image edition meta information to the image editing system, and
after receiving the transmitted recorded image and the transmitted image edition meta information, the image editing system
edits the received recorded image, based on the received image edition meta information, and transmits a resultant edited
image obtained as a result of the edition to the communication terminal system, as a response to the recorded image transmission
request.
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