Title :
Client-server metadata management for the delivery of movies in a video-on-demand system
Author :
Little, T.D.C. ; Venkatesh, D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Comput. & Syst. Eng., Boston Univ., MA, USA
Abstract :
Describes a metadata mechanism for location, identification, and delivery of continuous media in the form of digital motion pictures and in the context of a distributed system. The metadata mechanism and supporting protocols are based on the client-server model. The mechanism can be applied to numerous application domains including multimedia-based home entertainment, catalog shopping, distance learning, and distributed-interactive classrooms. We demonstrate the practicality of our the mechanisms through a prototype application based on home entertainment
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; distributed databases; entertainment; home shopping; interactive video; internetworking; multimedia systems; protocols; telecommunication services; telecommunications computing; catalog shopping,; client server metadata management; client server model; continuous media; digital motion pictures; distance learning; distributed system; distributed-interactive classrooms; movies delivery; multimedia-based home entertainment; protocols; video-on-demand system; Bandwidth; Computer aided instruction; Costs; Distributed databases; Motion pictures; Multimedia databases; Multimedia systems; Protocols; Prototypes; Web and internet services;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed and Networked Environments, 1994. Proceedings., First International Workshop on Services in
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-5835-5
DOI :
10.1109/SDNE.1994.337783
