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Multicast and unicast internet protocol content distribution having a feedback mechanism for real-time and store and forward information transfer

  • US 6,421,706 B1
  • Filed: 02/25/1998
  • Issued: 07/16/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/25/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of presenting in real-time a conference data set having document data, video data, and audio data, to a remote computing system of a remotely located conference participant, comprising:

  • receiving configuration data for the remote computing system and using the received configuration data to select a conference data set format suitable for transmission to the remote computing system;

    encoding in real time the conference data set in the selected conference data set format;

    generating in real time a plurality of transmission web pages based on respective configuration data received from the remote computing system and other remote computing systems, each of the transmission web pages providing the conference data set in respective encoded formats;

    selecting a transmission web page from the plurality of transmission web pages based on the received configuration data, the selected transmission web page providing the conference data set in the selected conference data set format; and

    transmitting the encoded conference data set from the selected transmission web page over a public network to the remote computing system, for the remotely located conference participant to access using a web browser.

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