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Continuous media system

US7742504B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 24, 2003
Grant dateJun 22, 2010
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Expiry dateMay 28, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L49/9078
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and techniques for transmitting data stream to a client include transmitting a data segment from one of a plurality of nodes of a continuous media server to a client according to a scheduler on the node. A system includes a plurality of data processing devices, each data processing device coupled with at least one storage device. Each data processing device includes a scheduler to schedule transmission of the data segment to a client in sequence with other data segments, and a module to transmit the data segment to the client.

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