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Networked Transmission System And Method For Stream Data

  • US 20090172179A1
  • Filed: 05/13/2008
  • Published: 07/02/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A networked transmission system for stream data, comprising:

  • a network;

    a streaming server, for providing a plurality of stream data programs, with each stream data program being divided into a plurality of stream data segments according to a predefined time length;

    an ordered sequence of n cooperative-sharing groups, numbered from 1st to n-th, n being an integer, each of said n cooperative-sharing groups being formed by a plurality of user terminals, at least a user terminal of said plurality of user terminals being leader node of said cooperative-sharing group, and all the user terminals within each cooperative-sharing group forming a multicasting relation;

    where said streaming server transmitting said plurality of stream data segments, one by one, through said network to said leader node of said first cooperative-sharing group, said leader node of each of said cooperative-sharing group multicasting each current received stream data segment to all the user terminals within the same cooperative-sharing group, and relaying said current received stream data segment to the leader node of the next cooperative-sharing group after said predefined time length.

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