Providing a presentation on a network having a plurality of synchronized media types
US7412533B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 16, 2003 |
| Grant date | Aug 12, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 8, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/04
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A presentation system is disclosed for synchronizing a performance of a plurality of presentation content portions at a network node, wherein, e.g., when two such content portions are to be presented concurrently at the network node, at least one is delayed until the other such portion can be presented concurrently therewith. That is, these two portions may be received by the network node at times sufficiently far apart so that the earlier received content portion must have its presentation appropriately delayed in order to be presented concurrently with the second content portion. In one embodiment, the content portions are transmitted via at least a portion of the Internet to a plurality of network nodes, wherein the presentation system can distribute the presentation content data to the network nodes via a plurality of network routes and presentation formats. In particular, a first portion of the content data may be provided as slides in, e.g., HTML, while a second portion of the content data may be provided as an audio/video stream. Additionally, the present invention can provide various portions of the content data from a plurality of network server nodes, and during a perform…
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