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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1997
Nathaniel Polish, New York, NY (US);
Instant Video Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
The video distribution network system includes client configuration data, a client video buffer for storing video information, a client video driver coupled to the client video buffer for presenting a portion of the video information on a display device, a current status manager for determining current client status information indicative of the portion of video information presented, a computations engine coupled to the client video buffer and to the current status manager for forwarding a burst of video information to the client video buffer based on the client configuration data and on the client status information, and a video buffer controller coupled to the client video buffer for controlling storage of the burst in the client video buffer.