Information delivery system for generating a data stream with a server system based on a content file received from a client device

Abstract

An information delivery system, an information delivery method, an information processing apparatus, and an information processing method is used advantageously to deliver content stream data easily, reliably and inexpensively to the general users. A personal computer prepares a content file and an order form file using software provided by a center system, and transmits the prepared files to the center system over the Internet. Given the order form file from a customer device, the center system encodes a content file accordingly to generate content stream data and causes a moving picture delivery server to deliver the generated stream data to user terminals. This invention can be applied, among others, to systems for delivering content data over the Internet.

1 . A server comprising:
 a communication unit configured to provide instructions to a client terminal;   a controller configured to
 control the communication unit to receive content data from the client terminal, the content data being compressed according to the instructions performed by the client terminal, and 
 process the received content data based on commands generated according to the instructions performed by the client terminal.