Television – Special applications – Simulator
Patent
1995-06-07
1999-07-27
Teska, Kevin J.
Television
Special applications
Simulator
348 7, G06F 1700
Patent
active
059304936
ABSTRACT:
A multimedia server system and a method for communicating multimedia programming to distantly situated media control systems are disclosed. The multimedia server system includes a mass storage library for storing a plurality of multimedia programs. A multimedia program is coded in accordance with a predetermined compression standard and stored in a compressed digital format as sequentially ordered discrete program segments in the mass storage library, with each of program segments being representative of a unique portion of the multimedia program. A video parser organizes the sequentially ordered program segments of a multimedia program into a custom ordered series of program segments preferably including non-sequentially and sequentially ordered program segments in accordance with configuration parameters associated with the configuration and presentation control features of a media control system requesting the multimedia program. Concurrent transmission of a plurality of custom ordered series of program segments to a corresponding plurality of distantly located media control systems is facilitated by an asynchronous transfer mode distribution switch. The custom ordered series of program segments are processed by a local media control system to provide for the sequential presentation of the program segments on a local display and for providing local VCR-type control functions.
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Ottesen Hal Hjalmar
Smith Gordon J.
VanLeeuwen George Willard
Hollingsworth Mark A.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Siek Vuthe
Teska Kevin J.
Xu Min S.
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