A distributed interactive multimedia service syste

专利名称：A distributed interactive multimedia service

system

发明人：Hooper, Donald F.,Tongel, David M.,Evans,

Michael B.

申请号：EP96112876.6申请日：19960809公开号：EP0762704A3公开日：20010711

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摘要：In a distributed interactive multimedia service system, a client application (11) ofa set-top box located at a customer premises generates an attach request (410) . A

session manager (205), in response to receiving the attach request via a network,generates an allocation request (440) and a create request (450). A resource manager(210), in response to the allocation request, allocates resources of a plurality ofmultimedia servers. The resources can include processor, memory, disk, and networkresources. A media stream manager (207), in response to the create request, creates amultimedia stream. The session manager, in response to the resources being allocated,and the multimedia stream being created, launches a selected one of a plurality ofmultimedia services in the plurality of multimedia servers. The selected service providesmultimedia information to the set-top box via the multimedia stream. The systemincludes a memory storing the plurality of multimedia services in a hierarchical treestructure having nodes representing composite and elemental services.

申请人：Compaq Computer Corporation

地址：20555 S.H. 249 Houston Texas 77070 US

国籍：US

代理机构：Charig, Raymond Julian

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