The problems of latency, flow control and data loss, and data movement within a client system memory are solved in a distributed multimedia system so as to enable real-time transmission of broadcast quality media data over the network. Latency is reduced by an estimation by the server of client needs....http://www.google.de/patents/US5987501?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5987501 - Multimedia system having server for retrieving media data as indicated in the list provided by a client computer
