SERVER DEVICE, CLIENT DEVICE, CONTENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

摘要

[Problem] To provide a server device able to support insertion of dynamic parameters dependent on the state of a client when distributing content to the client using ABS technology, without modifying a playlist file on the network service provider side. [Solution] Provided is a server device, comprising: a storage unit which stores a prescribed definition either for accessing each of a plurality of sub-segments which configure each set of encoded data obtained by encoding the same content at different bit rates, or for appending a parameter to an address which is described in an MPD and defined with access information for accessing any element which is acquired by a request to a server; and a communication unit which transmits an instruction which appends the parameter to the address defined in the access information on the basis of the prescribed definition which the storage unit stores.