US 12,219,164 B2
Transmission device, communication system, transmission method, and computer program product
Shunichi Gondo, Ota (JP); and Takumi Kurosaka, Kawasaki (JP)
Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/187,272.
Application 18/187,272 is a continuation of application No. 16/555,458, filed on Aug. 29, 2019, granted, now 11,647,217.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-207604 (JP), filed on Nov. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0224487 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 19/50 (2014.01); H04L 65/611 (2022.01); H04L 67/56 (2022.01); H04N 19/15 (2014.01); H04N 19/172 (2014.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 19/50 (2014.11) [H04L 65/611 (2022.05); H04L 67/56 (2022.05); H04N 19/15 (2014.11); H04N 19/172 (2014.11); H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/23103 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A server device comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
receive first data as part of a plurality of pieces of transmission data, from a transmission device;
distribute the first data to a reception device;
receive, in accordance with a request for transmission of second data that is data other than the first data among the plurality of pieces of transmission data, the second data transmitted from the transmission device;
distribute the second data to the reception device; and
delete all or part of target data that is at least one of the first data and the second data stored in a storage, in accordance with a predetermined condition, the storage storing therein the first data and the second data transmitted from the transmission device, wherein
the target data includes first pictures and second pictures, and
the one or more processors delete part of the second pictures included in the target data every time a predetermined time elapses.