Patent ID: 8103750

Claim:
A distributed broadcast network, comprising: a plurality of nodes organized into a binary tree structure where the connections between nodes represent communication paths over a communications network, said network further organized to include three types of nodes, designated: t 0 , t 1 , and t 2 ; the T 0 nodes having a single parent node that feeds the T 0 node with one or more data streams, the T 0 node having no (zero) child nodes that receive data from the T 0 node; the T 1 nodes having a single parent node that feeds the T 1 node with one or more data streams, the T 1 node being configured to have no more than one child node that receives data from the T 1 node; and, the T 2 nodes having a single parent node that feeds the T 2 node with one or more data streams, the T 2 node being configured to have no more than two children nodes that receive data from the T 2 node.