Method And System For Interactive Multimedia

A system, comprising:

• a video server that includes:
• a set of storage devices;
• 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 transport system to transport the plurality of video streams from the video server to a plurality of client devices;
• and
• a system controller configured to monitor the video server and client devices, wherein the monitoring includes sending echo messages to the video server, determining a fault condition when the video server 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.

A method comprising:

• receiving at a video server a plurality of requests initiated by each of a plurality of client devices to receive one or more video titles, the one or more video titles each divided into segments and stored in a set of storage devices;
• streaming by a plurality of nodes of the video server a plurality of video streams corresponding to the one or more video titles, wherein the plurality of video streams are formed by combining the segments stored in the set of storage devices, wherein each of the plurality of nodes comprises a processor having concurrent access to the set of storage devices, and wherein the plurality of video streams are streamed concurrently;
• transporting the plurality of video streams via a transport system;
• monitoring the video server at a system controller by sending echo messages to the video server;
• determining a fault condition when the video server 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.