Patent ID: 7437472

Claim:
An interactive broadband server system, comprising: a plurality of processors, each having a port interface, a storage device interface, and a communication interface; a backbone switch including a plurality of ports, each of said plurality of ports coupled to a corresponding port interface of a corresponding one of said plurality of processors, wherein said backbone switch enables high speed communication between each of said plurality of processors; a plurality of storage devices coupled to and distributed across said plurality of processors, each said storage device having an interface coupled to a storage device interface of a corresponding one of said plurality of processors; wherein each of said plurality of processors is coupled between said backbone switch and said plurality of storage devices; said plurality of storage devices storing at least one title, each title divided into data chunks that are distributed across two or more of said plurality of storage devices; and a plurality user processes, each for execution on a corresponding one of said plurality of processors for interfacing a corresponding one of a plurality of subscriber locations via a corresponding communication interface, each user process operative to retrieve a requested title from two or more of said plurality of processors via said backbone switch and to assemble said requested title for delivery to a requesting subscriber location.