Patent ID: 8893192

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a first memory for storing a digital movie; a second memory for temporarily storing a digital movie; a first server coupled to a first digital projector; a second server coupled to a second digital projector; a hub coupling between the first and second servers to the first memory and between the first and second memories, wherein the hub is configured to receive a digital movie from a provider to the second memory and to transmit the digital movie from the second memory to the first memory, and wherein the hub is further configured to transmit a copy of the digital movie from the first memory to the first server and the second server; a central server; a local area network (LAN) coupled to the first server, wherein the LAN comprises an Ethernet LAN coupled to the central server and the first server, and wherein the first digital projector is configured to show the digital movie on a screen in a response to the central server transmitting an instruction to the first server; a first fiber optic communication link and a second fiber optic communication link, wherein the first fiber optic communication link is configured to transmit the copy of the digital movie from the first memory to the first server, and wherein the second fiber optic communication link is configured to transmit another copy of the digital movie from the first memory to the second server; and an Ethernet switch that transmits a partition instruction from the central server to the hub, wherein the hub is partitionable and provides separate LANs over which data is transferred to the first memory and the second memory simultaneously without collision.