Simultaneous storage and network transmission of multimedia data with video host that requests stored data according to response time from a server

A multimedia system, comprising:

• means for capturing multimedia data and substantially simultaneously providing a compressed version of the multimedia data having a first resolution;
• means for storing multimedia information including the compressed version of the multimedia data and providing to a network the compressed version of the multimedia data substantially simultaneously as the compressed version is stored;
• means for sending a first request to the server for a first portion of the compressed version of the multimedia data;
• means for determining an amount of time to wait based on a length of the first portion and a response time of the first request;
• and
• means for sending a second request to the server for a second portion of the compressed version of the multimedia data after waiting the determined amount of time.

A method for use in a multimedia system, the method comprising:

• capturing multimedia data and substantially simultaneously providing a compressed version of the multimedia data having a first resolution;
• storing multimedia information including the compressed version of the multimedia data and providing to a network the compressed version of the multimedia data substantially simultaneously as the compressed version is stored;
• sending a first request to the server for a first portion of the compressed version of the multimedia data;
• determining an amount of time to wait based on a length of the first portion and a response time of the first request;
• and
• sending a second request to the server for a second portion of the compressed version of the multimedia data after waiting the determined amount of time.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable medium;
• and
• information stored on the computer readable medium indicative of a program to be executed by a computer to carry out the method of:
• capturing multimedia data, and substantially simultaneously providing a compressed version of the multimedia data having a first resolution;
• storing multimedia information including the compressed version of the multimedia data and providing to a network the compressed version of the multimedia data substantially simultaneously as the compressed version is stored;
• sending a first request to the server for a first portion of the compressed version of the multimedia data;
• determining an amount of time to wait based on a length of the first portion and a response time of the first request;
• and
• sending a second request to the server for a second portion of the compressed version of the multimedia data after waiting the determined amount of time.