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DELIVERING MULTIMEDIA SERVICES

  • US 20070183441A1
  • Filed: 04/16/2007
  • Published: 08/09/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/05/1997
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for delivery of multimedia services comprising:

  • a high-speed network backbone carrying content;

    at least two regional servers, coupled to the high-speed network backbone and including a first regional server and a second regional server which each provide a second level of caching for content received from the high-speed network backbone, the first regional server configured to customize multicast content to form a first version of multicast content and the second regional server configured to customize the multicast content to form a second version of multicast content; and

    a plurality of caching servers, including a first caching server coupled to the first regional server and a second caching server coupled to the second regional server, each caching server configured to provide a first level of caching of content for an end user system in a region served by the regional server to which it is coupled, and to provide the customized multicast content formed by the coupled regional server to the end-user system.

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