Patent ID: 7810123

Claim:
An interactive multimedia system, comprising: a massively parallel video server that includes: a set of storage devices; and a plurality of nodes configured to stream a plurality of video streams from a video title, the video title divided into segments stored in the set of storage devices, each of the plurality of nodes comprising a processor, each of the processors running a video server program configured to combine the segments stored in the set of storage devices into the plurality of video streams and to stream the plurality of video streams, and the processors all having concurrent access to said set of storage devices for concurrently streaming the plurality of video streams; a plurality of client devices configured to receive at least some of the plurality of video streams; a system controller configured to monitor the video server and client devices by sending fixed interval echo messages to the video server and client devices, determining a fault condition when at least one of the video server and client devices does not respond to at least one of the echo messages, and displaying a color coded fault indication on a display of the system controller; and a high capacity transport system for transporting the video streams from the massively parallel video server to the plurality of client devices, wherein the video server program configures a video session with the plurality of client devices by mapping an IP address of each of the plurality of client devices to a virtual path identifier and a virtual circuit identifier.