摘要 |
A content delivery system includes a client and a server, the client requesting deliveries of content from the server which transforms the content into layered-encoded data for transmission to the client over a network. The client includes: an inputting device inputting a time limit within which the content is to be delivered; a requesting device requesting a delivery of the content from the server within the time limit; and a receiving device receiving layered-encoded data constituting the content of which the delivery has been requested by the requesting device and which is transmitted from the server. The server includes: an acquiring device acquiring the time limit; a determining device determining the layered-encoded data constituting the content which can be transmitted to the client within the time limit, the determination being based on the time limit, on a bandwidth applicable to the client, and on size information about the layered-encoded data constituting the content which can be transmitted; and a transmitting device transmitting to the client the layered-encoded data determined by the determining device. |