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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1997
Michael Norman Day, Round Rock, TX (US);
Peggy PakFan Dixon, Austin, TX (US);
Thanh-ha Pham, Austin, TX (US);
Lance Warren Russell, Hollister, CA (US);
Danling Shi, Austin, TX (US);
Richard Lee Verburg, Austin, TX (US);
Donald Edwin Wood, Austin, TX (US);
Leo Yue Yeung, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system, method and computer program are provided for a control server in a client/server environment wherein an API framework facilitates scalable, network transparent, integrated multimedia content loading and data streaming. Concurrent real time content loading and data streaming are possible and techniques are included for admitting new streams only when they can be serviced without negatively affecting current system performance.