Enhanced video programming system and method for providing a distributed community network
US6513069B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 15, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 15, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/8586
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A distributed community network for providing services to an arbitrarily large community of end users by distributing the load among many machines. The network uses hubs on the machines for routing packets. The hubs obtain routing instructions from a router and use those instructions for routing the packets. The packets include content for the machines based upon a particular network service, such as a chat service for permitting users to interact in chat rooms or a push/pull service for pushing content to the user machines either directly or based upon information received from the users.
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