Audiovisual content distribution system

(54) AUDIOVISUAL CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

(75) Inventor: Michael R. Stern, Mill Valley, CA (US)

(73) Assignee: Qorvis Media Group, Inc., San

Francisco, CA (US)

( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.

(21) Appl. No.: 09/130,899

(22) Filed: Aug. 7, 1998

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Related U.S. Application Data

Provisional application No. 60/055,708, filed on Aug. 8, 1997.

Int. CI. I HUM 11/00

U.S. CI 707/10; 707/101; 707/102;

707/104; 707/201

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709/203, 219, 227, 9, 201, 200

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Primary Examiner—-Thomas Black
Assistant Examiner—Thuy Do

(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—-Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

(57) ABSTRACT

A digital department system is disclosed. The digital department system of the present invention includes a network management center, a network operating center that is coupled to the network management center, a multimedia server, a multicasting transmission medium coupling the network operating center and the multimedia server, a listening post coupled to the multimedia server by the network, and one or more audio/video display capable of displaying video and capable of playing audio, the audio video display coupled to the multimedia server by the network. The audio and video content are stored in digitized files on the multimedia server for distribution throughout the site via the network.

15 Claims, 5 Drawing Sheets