Interactive broadband server system

Details Interactive broadband server system Interactive broadband server system

2002-11-26

2008-10-14

Follansbee, John (Department: 2151)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer-to-computer protocol implementing

Computer-to-computer data streaming

C709S217000, C709S219000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07437472

ABSTRACT:
An interactive broadband server system including multiple processors, a backbone switch, multiple storage devices and multiple user processes. The backbone switch enables high speed communication between the processors. The storage devices are distributed across the processors to store titles, where each title is divided into data chunks that are distributed across the storage devices. The user processes are configured for execution on the processors for interfacing multiple subscriber locations. Each user process is operative to retrieve a requested title from two or more of the processors via the backbone switch and to assemble a requested title for delivery to a requesting subscriber location. The storage devices may be organized into RAID groups. Distributed media readers and a library storage system may be included. Multiple isochronous titles may be simultaneously delivered to downstream subscribers. Titles may be preprocessed and stored in a predetermined format to reduce loading and processing overhead.

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