Communications architecture and method for distributing information services
US5371532A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 15, 1992 |
| Grant date | Dec 6, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/5638
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A store-and-forward architecture which stores and distributes information programs to subscribers on demand includes: information warehouses which archive information programs from multiple service vendors and dispense information programs in segments to central offices in high speed bursts; central offices which manages subscriber's request for service and buffers segments of information programs for delivery to subscribers in real-time under the subscriber's interactive control; and customer premises equipment where a subscriber's requests and control signals for interactive play-out of information program are generated and information programs are received for the subscriber's use.
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