SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY-BASED SERVER THAT PROVIDES MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION ON WIDE AREA NETWORK ON DEMAND

    公开(公告)号:JPH0884143A

    公开(公告)日:1996-03-26

    申请号:JP17901895

    申请日:1995-07-14

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an interactive multimedia service at low cost on a communication network. SOLUTION: A method and a device are provided for distributing multimedia/ video data from a server (host processor) to plural clients connected to a communication network. More particularly preprocessed video and multimedia data packets are stored in a switch 60 in the network. When a client desires the reception of video data and multimedia data, such a request is transmitted to the host processor. Next, the host transmits a control message to the switch 60 where the requested data are stored. These switches 60 then transmit the requested data to requesting clients. When the requested data are not stored in the switches 60, it is necessary to directly transfer these data from the server to the requesting clients.

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    公开(公告)号:AT235128T

    公开(公告)日:2003-04-15

    申请号:AT95480100

    申请日:1995-07-24

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A method and apparatus for delivering multimedia video data from a server (host processor) to a plurality of clients connected to a communications network. More specifically, with this invention, preprocessed video and multimedia data packets are stored in switches of the network. When a client desires to receive the video and multimedia data, sends a request to the host processor which in turn sends a control message to the switches storing the requested data. These switches in turn send the requested data to the requesting client. If the data is not stored in the switches, the data must then be forwarded directly from the server to the requesting client.

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    公开(公告)号:DE69529948T2

    公开(公告)日:2003-12-11

    申请号:DE69529948

    申请日:1995-07-24

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A method and apparatus for delivering multimedia video data from a server (host processor) to a plurality of clients connected to a communications network. More specifically, with this invention, preprocessed video and multimedia data packets are stored in switches of the network. When a client desires to receive the video and multimedia data, sends a request to the host processor which in turn sends a control message to the switches storing the requested data. These switches in turn send the requested data to the requesting client. If the data is not stored in the switches, the data must then be forwarded directly from the server to the requesting client.

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    公开(公告)号:DE69529948D1

    公开(公告)日:2003-04-24

    申请号:DE69529948

    申请日:1995-07-24

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A method and apparatus for delivering multimedia video data from a server (host processor) to a plurality of clients connected to a communications network. More specifically, with this invention, preprocessed video and multimedia data packets are stored in switches of the network. When a client desires to receive the video and multimedia data, sends a request to the host processor which in turn sends a control message to the switches storing the requested data. These switches in turn send the requested data to the requesting client. If the data is not stored in the switches, the data must then be forwarded directly from the server to the requesting client.

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