Teraburst Networks, Inc.

Thomas Wood

Christopher W Weller

Thomas W Myers

Craig Paulsen

Mark Sapper

Jay Couch

Lakshmi Raman

A system and method are disclosed for communicating multimedia information. Exemplary embodiments provide a Video-to-Optical apparatus (&ldquo;V O&rdquo;) that can be used over either a private or a public optical network and transfers multimedia information in SONET/SDH frame format. The V O uses SONET/SDH frames to transmit high-resolution stereoscopic images and other multimedia information through an optical network with high efficiency, high accuracy and low latency. The V O interfaces with a visualization graphics-server on one side and the optical network on the other. The V O apparatus can be placed in an optical network that offers an end-to-end OC 3 or higher rate circuit. A plurality of multimedia visualization centers can be coupled to the optical network. Each multimedia visualization center can include:(i) a V O apparatus that transmits and/or receives SONET frames containing the multimedia information; and (ii) multimedia presentation equipment suitable for displaying multimedia information, such as audio, video and data.

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Mountain View, CA, United States of America

Thomas Wood