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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2000
Applicants:
Jonathan D. Courtney, San Jose, CA (US);
Jesus David Rivas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Keith L. Messer, Hayward, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jonathan D. Courtney, San Jose, CA (US);
Jesus David Rivas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Keith L. Messer, Hayward, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Improved methods and apparatus suitable for accessing synchronized data in a broadcast system are disclosed. A synchronized data accessing system providing an interface that can be used by a data requester to access synchronized data is disclosed. The data requester can initiate a request to access synchronized data using the interface, and data can be made available and accessed by the data requester through the interface.