SYSTEM OF STORAGE, RECOVERY AND DISTRIBUTION OF DATA OF MULTIPLE USERS, THAT USES A DISTRIBUTED STORAGE OF DATA OF A CONTINUOUS FLOW OF DATA.

摘要

A MULTIPLE USER DATA STORAGE, RECOVERY AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (100) CONTAINING A PARALLEL PROCESSING COMPUTER SYSTEM FORMING A DIGITAL INFORMATION SERVER (208). THE SERVER CONTAINS A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL PROCESSORS (216N, 218N, 220N, 222N) EACH ONE CONNECTED TO AN INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE (224N, 226N, 228N). USER DATA IS STORED DISTRIBUTELY BETWEEN STORAGE DEVICES (224N, 226N, 228N). THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (100) DYNAMICALLY ASSIGNS USERS TO THE SYSTEM BASED ON THE MODE OF OPERATION REQUESTED BY THE USER. DURING THE SUCCESSIVE USER SERVICE PERIODS, ALL USERS ARE SUPPLIED WITH YOUR REQUESTED DATA. THE SYSTEM ALSO PROVIDES ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTION FOR DATA REQUESTED BY USERS. ADDITIONAL DATA MAY BE ADDED TO THE INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICES (224N, 226N, 228N) DURING EACH SERVICE PERIOD, AND SELECTIVE INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICES CAN BE RECALIBRATED WITHOUT AFFECTING THE SYSTEM OPERATION. THE DATA IS RECOVERED FROM THE INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICES IN AN ARBITRARY ORDER. THE SYSTEM CONTAINS AN OUTPUT SEQUENCER (FIG. 11) TO GENERATE OUTPUT DATA IN A PRE-DEFINED ORDER. THE DISCLOSED APPLIANCE AND METHOD FIND APPLICABILITY IN VIDEO SERVERS, FORMATION OF MEDICAL IMAGES, SPECIAL EFFECTS AND ANIMATION, AND REPRESENTATION SYSTEMS BASED ON THE LOCATION BETWEEN OTHER APPLICATIONS.