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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1997
John P. Harvey, Round Rock, TX (US);
Mark S. Kressin, Austin, TX (US);
Vincent J. Meriwether, Round Rock, TX (US);
Richard A. Mills, Austin, TX (US);
Michael C. Tulkoff, Cedar Park, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The system allows for the controlled distribution of video and/or audio broadcasts over a LAN to selected and approved client computers. The video broadcasts are received by at least one server on the LAN. A configuration file is created with identifying information from the various video feeds. The systems administrator can create a list of which client computers can have access to certain video feeds. When a client computer requests a video feed, a menu of video feeds approved for that client is constructed and displayed on the client computer. The display can include a selectable representative image of the available broadcast. When selected, a display window appears with the live video feed.