Receiving device and receiving method, reproducing device and reproducing method, supply device and supply method, and program

1. A receiving device, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a first segment file constituting a stream of content;

circuitry configured to acquire and reproduce the first segment file received by the receiver; and

a proxy server configured to, in response to a request for the first segment file from the circuitry, generate supply availability information including an availability status of a second segment file and a separate probability at which the second segment file can be supplied to the circuitry, the probability being relative to a probability that other segment files having a same availability status as the second segment file can be supplied to the circuitry,

wherein the proxy server supplies the generated supply availability information together with the first segment file received by the receiver to the circuitry, and

the circuitry requests the proxy server to transmit the second segment file to be reproduced next on the basis of the generated supply availability information.

2. The receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein the receiver receives the first segment file via a broadcasting network, a two-way communication network, or a mobile telephone communication network.

3. The receiving device according to claim 2 , wherein the proxy server includes a cache configured to cache the first segment file received by the receiver, and supplies the cached first segment file to the circuitry in a case where the first segment file requested from the circuitry is cached.

4. The receiving device according to claim 2 , wherein the proxy server generates the supply availability information, including reception metrics for a data path in which the first segment file is received, values of the reception metrics being based on a reception state of the first segment file by the receiver.

5. The receiving device according to claim 2 , wherein the proxy server generates the supply availability information obtained by extending a ResourceStatus message according to a Server and Network Assisted DASH (SAND) protocol.

6. The receiving device according to claim 2 , wherein the proxy server generates the supply availability information obtained by extending a DaneResourceStatus message according to a Server and Network Assisted DASH (SAND) protocol.

7. The receiving device according to claim 2 , wherein the proxy server stores acquisition destination information of the supply availability information in a header of a response according to the request for the first segment file from the circuitry and stores binary data of the first segment file in a body of the response.

8. The receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein the supply availability information includes physical layer signal quality of reception of the first segment file by the receiver, including at least one of bit error rate, carrier to noise ratio, or received signal strength of the first segment file.

9. The receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein the availability status indicates that the second segment file is available and the probability indicates the probability that the second segment file can be supplied to the circuitry, relative to a probability that other segment files having an availability status indicating available can be supplied.

10. A reproducing device connected to a supply device that supplies content via a network, comprising:

circuitry configured to

request the supply device to transmit a first segment file constituting the content on the basis of first supply availability information generated by the supply device, the first supply availability information including an availability status of the first segment file and a separate probability at which the first segment file can be supplied to the reproducing device, the probability being relative to a probability that other segment files having a same availability status as the first segment file can be supplied to the circuitry; and

reproduce the first segment file supplied from the supply device in response to the request,

wherein the supply device comprises

a receiver configured to receive the first segment file constituting a stream of the content, and

a proxy server configured to, in response to a request for the first segment file from the circuitry, generate second supply availability information including an availability status of a second segment file and a separate probability at which the second segment file can be supplied to the reproducing device, the probability being relative to a probability that other segment files having a same availability status as the second segment file can be supplied to the circuitry, the proxy server being configured to supply, to the circuitry, the generated second supply availability information together with the first segment file received by the receiver.

11. The reproducing device according to claim 10 , wherein the network is a local area network (LAN).

12. A supply device that supplies content to a reproducing device via a predetermined network, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a first segment file constituting a stream of the content;

a proxy server configured to, in response to a request for the first segment file from the reproducing device, generate supply availability information including an availability status of a second segment file and a probability at which the second segment file can be supplied to the reproducing device, the probability being relative to a probability that other segment files having a same availability status as the second segment file can be supplied to the reproducing device, the proxy server being further configured to supply the generated supply availability information together with the first segment file received by the receiver to the reproducing device.