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AssigneeCaffeine, Inc.
InventorsBao Nguyen, David Chen, George Leontiev, James Birchler, Nick Artman, Paul Kerr, Peter Sankauskas, Ryan Amos
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Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a Content Delivery Network (CDN) for broadcasting data streams. The CDN allows a streamer to stream live (in realtime) on a network(s), such as the Internet, for a live audience to view and to interact with the live entertainment. Each of the broadcast clients send data streams to the CDN via an input node, wherein the CDN output a selected media stream to one or more selected viewing clients via the output node. The architecture of the CDN contains one or more System Racks. Each of the System Racks contains multiple media channels. In operation, the data stream of a broadcasting client is sent to the CDN and distributed into selected channels. The data streams in each of the selected channels are outputted to viewing clients of a corresponding type.
A method of broadcasting data streams in real-time to a plurality of viewing clients comprising:
A content delivery network system for distributing data streams to a plurality of viewing devices, comprising:
A content delivery network system, comprising:
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