Method of and an apparatus for controlling a web server, a web server control program, and a storage medium on which the web server control program is stored

A WEB server includes a control unit for HTTP server, a table of addresses of VOD servers, and a table of identifiers of video data. The control unit accesses these tables, in response to a request from a user of a terminal device for a display of video data, to retrieve therefrom an address of a vi...

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Main Authors TAKIYASU YOSHIHIRO, IGAWA MASARU
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 29.08.2006
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Summary:A WEB server includes a control unit for HTTP server, a table of addresses of VOD servers, and a table of identifiers of video data. The control unit accesses these tables, in response to a request from a user of a terminal device for a display of video data, to retrieve therefrom an address of a video server and an identifier of a title of video data related to information on a WEB page accessed by the user, then transfers the address and the identifier to the terminal device. This enables the user of a video-on-demand system to easily obtain video data associated with information on the WEB server.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20000715121