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Video and multimedia distribution system

  • US 8,504,572 B2
  • Filed: 05/23/2012
  • Issued: 08/06/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A digital content distribution system comprising:

  • (a) at least one central content warehouse for storing digital content;

    (b) a distributed architecture of decentralized content hosting and delivery clusters and at least one information appliance component in each cluster;

    each decentralized content hosting and delivery cluster in said distributed architecture comprising a distribution content warehouse operatively connected to said at least one central content warehouse;

    said distribution content warehouse storing content received from said central content warehouse;

    at least one information appliance component operatively connected to said distribution content warehouse and receiving digital content provided by said distribution content warehouse;

    said at least one information appliance component being operative to play said received digital content for a user;

    (c) a number of distributed user databases, each one distributed user database operatively communicating with a number of information appliance components; and

    (d) one pre-content management component, in each one information appliance component, operatively connected to sub-components of said each one information appliance component;

    said one pre-content management component receiving data from one distributed user database;

    said one pre-content management component determining, after a sub-component in said one information appliance component selects content for viewing, a time required for downloading selected content, identifying pre-content and playing the identified pre-content until a preselected percentage of selected content has been downloaded;

    wherein each of said central content warehouse, said distribution content warehouse comprise at least one server.

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