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Distributed interactive multimedia service system

  • US 5,671,225 A
  • Filed: 09/01/1995
  • Issued: 09/23/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/01/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A distributed interactive multimedia service system, comprising:

  • a session manager, in response to receiving an attach request from a customer premises set-top box connected to the session manger via a network, generating an resource allocation request and a create media stream port request;

    a resource manager, in response to the resource allocation request, allocating resources of a plurality of multimedia servers;

    a media stream manager, in response to the create media stream port request, creating a media stream port;

    the session manager, in response to the allocation of resources and the creation of the media stream port, launching a selected service of a plurality of multimedia services in the plurality of multimedia servers, the selected service to provide multimedia information to the set-top box via the media stream port connected to the network.

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