Real time broadcasting system on an internet

• US 5,852,714 A
• Filed: 05/21/1997
• Issued: 12/22/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: E-TEN Information Systems Company Limited (Acer, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: E-TEN Information Systems Company Limited (Acer, Inc.)
• Inventors: Tseng, Wei-Jerng, Wang, Ching-Feng, Lee, Jun-Yih
• Primary Examiner(s): Hua, Ly
• Application Number:
  US08/861,325
• Time in Patent Office: 580 Days
• Field of Search: 395/187.01, 395/186, 395/188.01, 395/200.59
• US Class Current: 726/5
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1868 Measures taken after transmission, e.g. acknowledgments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1881 with schedule organisation, e.g. priority, sequence management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06

Abstract

The present invention utilize the systems described blow to carry out the real time broadcasting on an Internet. Data-collection processing system for collecting and processing the original packages sent by all data-sources connected to the data-collection processor system. Receiving system is used for sending out user'"'"'s information utilized in the authentication about a user. In addition, the receiving system receives packages of selected kinds of data-source and examines which packages are missing. Also, the receiving system sends out the number representing data-sources of a missing package. Besides, the authentication system is included for examining whether the user is registered, and transmitting the number representing data-source requested by the receiving system to the multi transmitting system. Another function is to assign a source of the most light loading to provide data for the user and sending address of the source to the receiving system. Also, the multitransmitting system is contained for the following function as receiving the output of the data-collection processing system, sending packages of the selected types of data-sources to the receiving system. One other function is to send the package which is lost in the receiving system, besides send the loading and address of the multi transmitting system to the authentication system to provide the base used to assign the source providing information for the receiving system. In which the output of the multi-transmitting system contains the serial number representing the order that the original packages arrive at the data-collection processing system, and the original packages are sent by all the data-sources.

Claims

1. Apparatus for real time broadcasting system on an internet, comprising:

data collecting means for collecting and processing a plurality of data sent by all data-sources connected to said data-collection processor means;

receiving means for receiving a portion of said plurality of data and sending out an authentication information of a user, said received data being examined for data loss;

authentication means for checking the authentication of the user and transmitting the type of said portion of said plurality of data to said receiving means; and

multi-transmitting means for receiving the output of said data collecting means, then sending lost data of the select types of data sources to said receiving means, the loading and address of said multi-transmitting means being sent to said authentication means is used to assign the multi-transmitting means as the source of the receiving means, wherein the output of said multi-transmitting means contains a plurality of serial number representing the order that the data arrived at said data collecting means, wherein the data are sent by the data-sources.

2. The apparatus as claim 1, wherein said multi-transmitting means forms a data address table according to the addresses where the data are deposited, add a data-source representing character to said plurality of data according to the source where the data come from, store the address of said receiving means and the data-source representing character request by said receiving means, receive a missing related signal sent by said receiving means, send a multi-transmitter address loading signal to said authentication means, send a refill signal to said receiving means, and forms an index.

3. The apparatus as claim 2, wherein said missing related signal is used as the reference of transmitting the missing package to said receiving means, said multi-transmitter address loading signal comprises the loading and address of said authentication means, said refill signal comprises the missing package, said index comprises the number representing data-source and said plurality of serial number, and the missing package is sent from said data collecting means through said multi-transmitting means to said receiving means.

4. The apparatus as claim 1, wherein said plurality of serial number is added by said data collecting means according to the order that said plurality of data arrive at said data collecting means.

5. The apparatus as claim 2, wherein said data collecting means is used to form the number represents the data-source, form a data-block, store said data-block in a memory, and transmit the output signal of said data collecting means to said multi-transmitting means, the output signal of said data collecting means comprises a plurality of said data-block.

6. The apparatus as claim 5, wherein said data-block comprises the number representing data-source and said plurality of serial number and the data.

7. The apparatus as claim 2, wherein said receiving means send an identification input signal to said authentication means to prosecute the authentication of the user, transmit said missing related signal to said multi-transmitting means to offer the number representing data-source of the missing package, and receive said refill signal and an identification output signal, wherein said identification output signal comprises the number representing the data-source requested by the user.

8. The apparatus as claim 7, wherein said identification input signal comprises an user input information, the address of said receiving means, and the number representing the data-source requested by the user, wherein said user input information comprises the username and password of the user sent by said receiving means.

9. The apparatus as claim 7 wherein said identification output signal comprises a login result signal, the address of said multi-transmitting means, a number representing data-block receiving port, said login result signal is used to show that whether the user is permitted to login said real time broadcasting apparatus.

10. The apparatus as claim 2, wherein said authentication means receives said identification input signal and said multi-transmitter address loading signal, send out the address of said multi-transmitting means and said identification output signal, said authentication means compares whether the user input information is the same as the stored user'"'"'s information, and receives the number representing data-source requested by the user.

11. The apparatus as claim 1, wherein said plurality of serial number is added by said multi-transmitting means according to the order that the data arrived at said multi-transmitting means.

12. The apparatus as claim 1, wherein said missing related signal comprises the number representing the data-source of the missing package.

13. The apparatus as claim 1, wherein said multi-transmitter address loading signal comprises the loading and address of said multi-transmitter means.

14. The apparatus as claim 1, wherein said refill signal comprises the missing package.

15. The apparatus as claim 1, wherein said data comprises a sub-data and an individual timing serial number, wherein said individual timing serial number is added to said sub-data by said data-source according to the order that said sub-data leave said data-source.

16. Method for real time broadcasting on an internet comprising:

collecting and processing a plurality of data sent by all data-sources to form a data sequence, wherein the data comprises a plurality of data-source serial number, said plurality of data-source serial number being composed of continual numbers;

checking the authentication of a user and assigning a information source with minimum loading to provide information for the user according to a loading-address table;

receiving and storing the processed data, the stored data being transmitted to the authenticated user and formed a data-address table;

receiving a portion of said plurality of data and sending out an authentication information of the user, said received data being examined for data loss by checking the absence of said data-source serial number; and

transmitting said lost data to the user according to a serial number corresponding to an abscent data-source serial number of said data-source serial number.

17. The method as claim 16, wherein the data from all data sources are processed by adding a data-source representing character to the data according to where the data come from, and serializing by adding the serial number, said data-sequence comprising the address of the stored data and the data itself.

18. The method as claim 16, wherein said loading-address table of the information sources is formed according to the address and loading of said information sources.

19. The method as claim 16, wherein said data sequence comprises the serial number, the data-source representing character and the data itself.

20. The method as claim 16, wherein said data-address table comprises the address of the stored data, the serial number, the data-source representing character and the data-source serial number.

21. The method as claim 16, wherein said authentication information comprises the username and password of the user.