Method and system for synchronizing and serving multimedia in a distributed network
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    发明授权
    Method and system for synchronizing and serving multimedia in a distributed network 有权
    在分布式网络中同步和服务多媒体的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US07240094B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-07-03

    申请号:US09939931

    申请日:2001-08-27

    IPC分类号: G06F15/13

    摘要: It is an object of the present invention to provide a synchronized program delivery of training and self-paced learning a communication network. It is another object of the invention to create a virtual classroom available to clients over a distributed network, thus decreasing the cost of education by eliminating travel costs. The invention provides a delivery environment simulating a classroom including functions for synchronized viewing of multimedia content and shared multimedia objects. A system and method is provided for synchronizing and serving multimedia content in a distributed network. In one aspect there is a synchronization server, a content server, and at least one client. The synchronization server provides indication of an update to a multimedia resource to the client. The content server provides content information to the client based upon the indication provided by the synchronization server.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的目的是提供训练和自学习学习的同步节目传递通信网络。 本发明的另一个目的是通过分布式网络为客户创建虚拟教室,从而通过消除旅行成本来降低教育成本。 本发明提供了模拟教室的传送环境,包括用于同步观看多媒体内容和共享多媒体对象的功能。 提供了一种在分布式网络中同步和服务多媒体内容的系统和方法。 在一个方面,存在同步服务器,内容服务器和至少一个客户端。 同步服务器向客户端提供对多媒体资源的更新的指示。 内容服务器根据同步服务器提供的指示向客户端提供内容信息。