Patent ID: 6266339
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A method of multicasting multimedia information including at least video content to user apparatus accessing the Internet through a remote Internet point of presence, the method comprising the steps of:a. placing the multimedia information in an IP protocol to generate IP multicast multimedia information;b. transmitting the IP multicast multimedia information to the remote Internet point of presence through one or more one-way reserved transmission bandwidth portions separate from one or more two-way Internet traffic bandwidth portions;wherein the multimedia information includes a plurality of video channels and wherein said video channels are allocated to one or more reserved channel-sufficient portions of said one or more one-way transmission bandwidth portions, whereby each of said video channels is multicast to the remote Internet point of presence without interruption due to a separate video channel being transmitted through said one or more one-way transmission bandwidth portions.