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EP 1 032 147 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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22.12.2004 Bulletin 2004/52 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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30.08.2000 Bulletin 2000/35 |
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Date of filing: 23.02.2000 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H04H 1/00 |
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AL LT LV MK RO SI |
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Priority: |
24.02.1999 JP 4700699
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Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. |
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Tokyo 107-0052 (JP) |
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- Kawai, Eiji
7-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 (JP)
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Representative: Driver, Virginia Rozanne et al |
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Page White & Farrer 54 Doughty Street
London WC1N 2LS
London WC1N 2LS (GB) |
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Broadcast system and terminal for receiving and reproducing broadcast signals |
(57) A broadcast system for allowing a receiving/reproducing terminal to cyclically reproduce
high data-rate data even when using a communication infrastructure having a low transmission
data rate is described. Program data to be reproduced in real time and content data
are transmitted from a transmitting apparatus. The total data rate is divided into
a first period and a second period. During the first period, the receiving/reproducing
terminal reproduces the program data, such as character-based data, in real time,
and also stores the content data in a memory. In the second period, the receiving/reproducing
terminal reads the data stored in the memory, and based on this data and certain second
period content data, the high data-rate data is reproduced.