Multimedia server
US5875297A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 4, 1996 |
| Grant date | Feb 23, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 4, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L65/80
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A multimedia server has: a server section having a transfer-request accepting section for accepting a transfer request for data, a processor connected to the transfer-request accepting section, for discriminating the kind of the data and for converting the transfer request to a transfer instruction, and a bus interface; a storage device for storing data; an accelerator section having a storage-device interface for interfacing to the storage device and for retrieving data therefrom, a data transfer section for transferring the data, a processor for processing the transfer instruction issued from the server section, and for issuing a transfer instruction to have the data transferred from the storage-device interface to the data transfer section and then issuing a transfer instruction to the data transfer section to transfer the data to a requesting destination, and a bus interface; and a bus for connecting the server section with the accelerator section.
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