Interactive data transmission system having staged servers
First Claim
1. In a local server, the local server being coupled to a central server in a first network, the local server being coupled to a plurality of network devices via a second network, a method of interactively controlling from one of the plurality of network devices a flow of audio visual data from the central server to the network device, the local server having a memory associated therewith, the method comprising:
- receiving a control command at the local server from the network device via the second network, the control command indicating a desired initiation of data flow associated with a specified file, and wherein the network device and the local server are communicatively coupled, in a local area network or a wide area network, using a wired Ethernet technology or using a wireless communication technology;
sending the control command from the local server to the central server via the first network;
receiving an audio visual data stream from the central server at the local server via the first network in response to the control command; and
transmitting the audio visual data stream from the local server to the network device via the second network such that the network device interactively controls the flow of audio visual data from the central server to the network device;
wherein the central server is configured to transmit a modified audio visual data stream in response to another control command received from the network device, the other control command indicating a desired modification to the flow of the audio visual data.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for use in a network including a local server coupled to a central server, the local server being coupled to a plurality of network devices, for interactively controlling from one of the plurality of network devices a flow of audio visual data from the central server to the network device, comprising obtaining a control command at the network device, the control command indicating a desired modification to the flow of the audio visual data from the central server to the network device. The control command is sent from the network device to the central server via the local server. A modified flow of the audio visual data is then received from the central server at the network device in response to the control command.
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25 Claims
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1. In a local server, the local server being coupled to a central server in a first network, the local server being coupled to a plurality of network devices via a second network, a method of interactively controlling from one of the plurality of network devices a flow of audio visual data from the central server to the network device, the local server having a memory associated therewith, the method comprising:
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receiving a control command at the local server from the network device via the second network, the control command indicating a desired initiation of data flow associated with a specified file, and wherein the network device and the local server are communicatively coupled, in a local area network or a wide area network, using a wired Ethernet technology or using a wireless communication technology; sending the control command from the local server to the central server via the first network; receiving an audio visual data stream from the central server at the local server via the first network in response to the control command; and transmitting the audio visual data stream from the local server to the network device via the second network such that the network device interactively controls the flow of audio visual data from the central server to the network device;
wherein the central server is configured to transmit a modified audio visual data stream in response to another control command received from the network device, the other control command indicating a desired modification to the flow of the audio visual data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A local server, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory, at least one of the processor and the memory being configured for; receiving a control command at the local server from one of a plurality of network devices via a second network, the local server being coupled to a central server via a first network and being coupled to the plurality of network devices via the second network, the control command indicating a desired modification to a flow of audio visual data from the central server to the network device, and wherein the network device and the local server are communicatively coupled, in a local area network or a wide area network, using a wired Ethernet technology or using a wireless communication technology; sending the control command from the local server to the central server via the first network; receiving a modified audio visual data flow at the local server from the central server via the first network in response to the control command; and transmitting the modified audio visual data flow from the local server to the network device via the second network, thereby enabling the network device to interactively modify the flow of the audio visual data from the central server to the network device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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