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Video application server for mediating live video services

  • US 5,930,473 A
  • Filed: 03/08/1996
  • Issued: 07/27/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A network for providing server-mediated live video applications comprising:

  • a transmission medium;

    a video server connected to the transmission medium; and

    a plurality of clients connected to the transmission medium,said clients transmitting requests to said server for enabling live full motion video streams to be transmitted in said network,said server, in response to requests received from said clients, being capable of enabling multiple simultaneous full motion video streams, comprising stream attributes, to be transmittable in said network by admitting said streams based on available network resources, and said server modifying said stream attributes in response to said requests transmitted by said clients, andsaid video streams being transmittable from one client to another client, from one client to multiple other clients and from one client to said server for storage.

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