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System and method for allocating resources across a plurality of distributed nodes

US7251255B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 30, 2002
Grant dateJul 31, 2007
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Expiry dateApr 7, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/43615
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system is described comprising: an originating node having system resources to be utilized to deliver multimedia content and/or data to a plurality of multimedia devices; and a resource allocation module to allocate the system resources to each of the multimedia devices based on a detected state of each of the multimedia devices.

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