Multi-cast digital video data server using synchronization groups

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5583561
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08255014

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A system and method for distributing real-time, compressed, digital video data from a video library composed of multiple mass storage devices through a digital video data server to large numbers of viewers via distribution networks is provided. The server obtains selected frames of video data for viewer-requested programs from high-speed memory using a buffering strategy, replicates the data via a multi-cast technique for each viewer listed in an assigned synchronization group and forwards the data to each viewer's site where it is decompressed, decoded, and converted for display on a television monitor or computer display. Each viewer maintains interactive control over the transmission of the digital video data.

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UNISYS CORPORATION801 LAKEVIEW DRIVE SUITE 100 BLUE BELL PA 19422

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Baker, Donn B Minneapolis, MN 1 653
Johnson, David R Oakdale, MN 91 3258
Sipple, Ralph E Shoreview, MN 15 1689

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