Patent ID: 6631418
Filing Date: 2003-10-07
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
A server for providing a digital audio/visual (A/V) network interface to a multimedia terminal, said multimedia terminal having a user-input device for sending a command signal from said multimedia terminal to said server, said server comprising:a source upgrade processor for processing the command signal into a client-edit command; a client software component (CSC) for receiving and processing said client-edit command to produce a response A/V data-stream; a display updater for combining said response A/V data-stream from said CSC and a digital A/V data-stream received from an application on the server to produce a digital updated A/V data-stream; and a video encoder for encoding said digital updated A/V data-stream to produce a digital A/V data-stream for sending to the multimedia terminal.