System and method for multicasting through a localized computer network

A system for sending a multicast broadcast through a localized computer network that restricts multicast broadcasts, comprising:

• a first internal multicast client configured as a dynamic multicast slave and located within the localized computer network;
• a multicast broadcast block connected to the localized computer network that is operable to block multicast broadcasts within the localized computer network;
• wherein the dynamic multicast slave is configured to receive a data stream broadcast through the multicast broadcast block via a point-to-point connection;
• a multicast socket connected to the dynamic multicast slave located within the localized computer network, the multicast socket being operable to transmit a multicast data stream within the localized computer network based on the data stream received by the dynamic multicast slave;
• a second internal multicast client located within the localized computer network, configured to receive the multicast data stream from the dynamic multicast slave;
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• delay logic located in the dynamic multicast slave and configured to delay the transmission of the multicast data stream within the localized computer network until a query is received by at least one internal multicast client.

A system for sending a multicast broadcast through a localized computer network that restricts multicast broadcasts, comprising:

• a data server configured to broadcast a data stream;
• a multicast broadcast block, connected to the localized computer network, that is operable to block multicast broadcasts into the localized computer network;
• an internal multicast client located within the localized computer network that is operable as a dynamic multicast slave, wherein the dynamic multicast slave is configured to receive the broadcast data stream via a point-to-point connection that is not blocked by the multicast broadcast block;
• a multicast socket coupled to the dynamic multicast slave, wherein the multicast socket is configured to multicast the data stream received by the dynamic multicast slave to the localized computer network;
• a plurality of internal multicast clients located within the localized computer operable to receive the multicast data stream from the dynamic multicast slave;
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• delay logic located in the multicast slave and configured to delay the transmission of the multicast data stream within the localized computer network until a query is received by at least one internal multicast client.

An article of manufacture, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for sending a multicast broadcast into a localized computer network that blocks multicast broadcasts, the computer readable program code in the article of manufacture comprising:
• computer readable program code for receiving a data stream at an internal multicast client configured as a dynamic multicast slave via a point-to-point connection, wherein the dynamic multicast slave is located within the localized computer network configured to block multicast broadcasts;
• computer readable program code for rebroadcasting the data stream from the dynamic multicast slave as a multicast data stream within the localized computer network;
• computer readable program code for receiving the multicast data stream from the dynamic multicast slave at a plurality of internal multicast clients located within the localized computer network;
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• computer readable program code for delaying the transmission of the multicast data stream from the dynamic multicast slave until a query is received from an internal multicast client.

A system for sending a multicast broadcast through a localized computer network that blocks multicast broadcasts, comprising:

• a data server means for broadcasting a data stream and an address and port of the data stream to the localized computer network;
• an internal multicast client means configured as a dynamic multicast slave means located within the localized computer network;
• a multicast broadcast block means connected to the localized computer network that blocks multicast broadcasts;
• wherein the dynamic multicast slave means is for receiving the broadcast data stream from the data server means via a point-to-point connection through the multicast broadcast block means;
• a multicast socket means connected to the dynamic multicast slave means located within the localized computer network, wherein the multicast socket means is for multicasting the data stream and the address and port of the data stream received by the dynamic multicast slave means to the localized computer network;
• a plurality of internal multicast client means located within the localized computer network that cannot receive multicast broadcasts from the data server means through the multicast broadcast block, wherein the plurality of internal multicast client means are configured to receive the multicast data stream from the dynamic multicast slave means located within the localized network;
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• a delay logic means located in the dynamic multicast slave means, wherein the delay logic means is configured to delay a transmission of the multicast data stream until a query is received by at least one internal multicast client means.