INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISTRIBUTION METHOD

An apparatus transmits data to terminal devices. The apparatus includes a storage unit, a transmitting unit, an obtaining unit, a calculating unit, and a controlling unit. The storage unit stores time differences between times clocked by the terminal devices and a time clocked by the apparatus. The transmitting unit transmits the data to the terminal devices. The obtaining unit obtains information indicating a time the terminal device has received the data. The calculating unit calculates a delay amount of a path to the terminal device, by using a subtraction result between a time the transmitting unit transmitted the data and the time indicated by the obtained information, and the stored time difference. The controlling unit identifies a delay amount difference of the calculated delay amounts. The controlling unit further controls a data amount transmitted/received to/from the terminal devices in accordance with the identified delay amount difference.