Method And System For Interactive Multimedia
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Abstract
A high capacity interactive multimedia system is provided that can deliver large number of concurrent video on demand and high speed data streams in an integrated fashion to a plurality of subscribers located at one or more subscriber sites. A video server module in the system generates a plurality of video on demand streams, which are transported via a high capacity transport system to a plurality of clients located at a subscriber site. A web server in the system stores data, such as web pages, which are also transported via the high capacity transport system to the clients. By accessing the web pages, a plurality of subscribers interact with the system via the clients. The interactive multimedia system controls and monitors in a centralized fashion the hardware and software components of the system, thus assuring the quality of the video and data services provided to the subscribers.
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49 Claims
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1-26. -26. (canceled)
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27. A system, comprising:
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a video server that includes; a set of storage devices; a plurality of nodes configured to stream a plurality of video streams from a video title, the video title divided into segments stored in the set of storage devices, each of the plurality of nodes comprising a processor, each of the processors running a video server program configured to combine the segments stored in the set of storage devices into the plurality of video streams and to stream the plurality of video streams, and the processors all having concurrent access to said set of storage devices for concurrently streaming the plurality of video streams; a transport system to transport the plurality of video streams from the video server to a plurality of client devices; and a system controller configured to monitor the video server and client devices, wherein the monitoring includes sending echo messages to the video server, determining a fault condition when the video server does not respond to at least one of the echo messages, and displaying a color coded fault indication on a display of the system controller. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method comprising:
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receiving at a video server a plurality of requests initiated by each of a plurality of client devices to receive one or more video titles, the one or more video titles each divided into segments and stored in a set of storage devices; streaming by a plurality of nodes of the video server a plurality of video streams corresponding to the one or more video titles, wherein the plurality of video streams are formed by combining the segments stored in the set of storage devices, wherein each of the plurality of nodes comprises a processor having concurrent access to the set of storage devices, and wherein the plurality of video streams are streamed concurrently; transporting the plurality of video streams via a transport system; monitoring the video server at a system controller by sending echo messages to the video server; determining a fault condition when the video server does not respond to at least one of the echo messages; and displaying a color coded fault indication on a display of the system controller. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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Specification