ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,084, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to TOMODY Inc. (Tokyo).
"Content distribution server" was invented by Takeshi Tomimori (Tokyo), Takatoshi Katsura (Tokyo) and Kousuke Kurauchi (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A content distribution server that can provide a content editing function for streaming distribution at a low cost without any physical constraints is provided. Streamer videos from a plurality of streamer terminals are received via a network and stored temporarily in a buffer unit. The plurality of streamer videos in the buffer unit are synthesized to generate an edit screen, which is transmitted to the editor...