Inventors:
James E. Long - Palo Alto CA
Joseph M. Gang - Saratoga CA
Charles J. Bedard - Saratoga CA
Randall B. Baird - San Jose CA
David A. Edwards - San Jose CA
Assignee:
Starlight Networks - Mountain View CA
International Classification:
G06F 1342
Abstract:
A local area network for supporting video applications comprises a transmission medium, one or more data file servers connected to the transmission medium for supporting data applications in the local area network, a dedicated video server for supporting video applications in the local area network and one or more clients connected to the local area network. The server includes software for managing multiple simultaneous video streams transmitted across the LAN. The client includes software for accessing the dedicated video server across the LAN to transmit video to the server or receive video from the server.