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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2002
Lakshmi Raman, Albany, OR (US);
Christopher W. Weller, Suwanee, GA (US);
Thomas W. Myers, Escondido, CA (US);
Jay Couch, San Jose, CA (US);
Craig Paulsen, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas Wood, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark Sapper, Ramona, CA (US);
Teraburst Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for communicating multimedia information. Exemplary embodiments provide a Video-to-Optical apparatus (“V O”) 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.