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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2003
Christopher Frank Codella, LaGrangeville, NY (US);
Zhen Liu, Tarrytown, NY (US);
George Viorel Popescu, Union, NJ (US);
Christopher Frank Codella, LaGrangeville, NY (US);
Zhen Liu, Tarrytown, NY (US);
George Viorel Popescu, Union, NJ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Various methods to prioritize the transmission of interactive digital content to multiple users to achieve efficient usage of available bandwidth are disclosed. The present invention covers prioritization of transmission of digital content based on information transmitted from the receiver. In addition, prioritization of multicast transmission of digital content to multiple clients accessing a shared interactive environment can be realized.