METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING DATA

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To start service to a viewer before the registration processing of whole multimedia contents to a service provider from a contents provider is completed. SOLUTION: A repeater 100 on a network analyzes the multimedia contents transmitted from a contents provider in an analysis part 101, generates a contents identifier, constitution information on the contents, element data pointed by the pointer of constitution information and the transmission order of element data and transmits the contents identifier, constitution information of the contents and element data to the service provider 300 by a transmission part 102 in accordance with the transmission order. Even if a viewing request is given from a viewing terminal 400 to the repeater 100 or the service provider 300 before the registration of the whole multimedia contents to the service provider 300 is completed, the service of multimedia contents transmission is realized from the repeater 100 or the service provider 300 to the viewing terminal 400.