A system and method for Near Video On Demand (NVOD) transmission of a program from a server to a plurality of clients. The program is partitioned into segments. Each segment is transmitted repeatedly, with the transmission rate of segments subsequent to the first segment being lower than the transmission...http://www.google.fr/patents/US6502139?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US6502139 - SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING VIDEO ON DEMAND TRANSMISSION BY PARTITIONING VIDEO PROGRAM INTO MULTIPLE SEGMENTS, DECREASING TRANSMISSION RATE FOR SUCCESSIVE SEGMENTS AND REPEATEDLY, SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSMISSION
SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING VIDEO ON DEMAND TRANSMISSION BY PARTITIONING VIDEO ...