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Apparatus and method for multiple rich media formats video broadcasting

  • US 20050076134A1
  • Filed: 05/13/2002
  • Published: 04/07/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A modular, storage-less, real-time scalable video/audio streaming and switching system comprising a media format matrix, said media format matrix comprising:

  • a. at least one star topology packet switching fabric module, for managing network streaming inside said media format matrix;

    b. one or more controller modules connected with said at least one switching fabric module and with an external management unit, for configuring and controlling said media format matrix; and

    at least one of a group consisting of;

    c. one or more encoding modules connected with said switching fabric module, for receiving uncompressed video or audio and converting it into a predefined compressed format;

    d. one or more decoding modules connected with said switching fabric module, for receiving compressed video or audio and converting it into a predefined uncompressed format;

    e. one or more compressed stream interface modules connected with said switching fabric module, for transmitting compressed data between said switching fabric and an external media interface;

    f. one or more transcoding modules connected with said switching fabric module, for receiving compressed streams from said switching fabric, transcoding them into different compressed formats and sending said different compressed stream back to said switching fabric;

    g. one or more NIC modules connected with said switching fabric module, for connecting between said media format matrix and one or more distribution networks; and

    h. one or more pre-processing modules connected with said switching fabric module, for processing uncompressed streams.

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