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System and method for managing connections to servers delivering multimedia content

  • US 20010047401A1
  • Filed: 01/22/2001
  • Published: 11/29/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer implemented method for managing a retrieval of multimedia content over a computerized network, the network having a plurality of servers connectable to one or more clients, the method comprising:

  • (a) retrieving at a first client a server guide identifying a list of servers capable of delivering a selected item of multimedia content;

    (b) the first client automatically determining whether a connection may be made to a first server identified in the server guide to achieve delivery of the selected content item;

    (c) if the connection may be made, the first client establishing a connection with the first server to retrieve the selected content item therefrom;

    (d) if the connection is unable to be made, the first client automatically determining whether a connection may be made to a second server identified in the server guide to achieve delivery of the selected content item; and

    the first client repeating steps (c) and (d) for the second server and any additional server identified in the server guide until a connection may be made to a server by which the selected content item may be delivered.

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