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Real-time multimedia transmission

  • US 6,397,230 B1
  • Filed: 08/27/1997
  • Issued: 05/28/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/09/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for conveying a multimedia sequence from a source computer to a destination computer, comprising:

  • providing an ordered series of data frames at the source computer, each data frame corresponding to an image in the sequence and comprising data representing one or more media associated with the image;

    producing a table including pointers, each pointer associated with one frame in the series;

    transmitting the table to the destination computer; and

    responsive to selection of one of the pointers in the table, transmitting at least a sub-series of the series of data frames, said sub-series beginning with the frame with which the selected one of the pointers is associated.

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