Transmitting notification of new video clips of interest from servers in wide area network

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6490725
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09741638

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A video jukebox service has a world-wide array of file servers interconnected by data links and having video input apparatus. Each file server has a plurality of connected clients. Video clippings input at the video input apparatus are shared with the other file servers and stored in a database at each file server. Clients are notified of availability of video clippings, and clippings are downloaded to client stations on demand. In a preferred embodiment, the file server network is a toriodal arrangement, and client communication nodes equal in number to the number of file servers are interconnected in a toroidal fashion as well. Individual client stations are connected to individual ones of the client communication nodes, with the overall network in the form of nested toroids.

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  • PDACO LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kikinis, Dan Saratoga, CA 371 20645

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