CONTENT TRANSMISSION APPARATUS

摘要

A content transmission apparatus promoting content circulation by a network and improving user−friendliness of content purchase and sale. A content transmission apparatus is realized, for example, as a video camera to which an access account is assigned in advance by a server apparatus. The content transmission apparatus has an encode function for performing streaming encode for content upload and a communication function for performing communication connection to the server. Thus, a user of the content transmission apparatus can easily perform upload of a content created by the content transmission apparatus without performing a bothersome procedure such as contract with ISP, preparation of hardware such as a personal computer and a modem, or their setting and connection, thereby promoting content upload to the server apparatus. At the server apparatus, by representing the uploaded content on a Web site, for example, it is possible to widely and rapidly recruit those who want to purchase the content.