International Digital Broadcasting Systems, Inc.  currentlyoffers the best available solution for transmission and retransmissionof video, audio and data throughout the internet. Using hundreds of studiesrelative to weak peering points, backbone data loss, and internet bottlenecks,IDBS has designed a breakthrough internet systems architecture capableof supporting the increased communication needs of the 21st century. Weare pleased to announce the Symmetrical Distributed Server Network SDSN(TM).

SDS(TM)  includes a variety of key proprietary elements, includingthe Afterburner Network Server (which is capable of hundreds ofmillions of hits per day) and the S-PAK(TM) Protocol (which guaranteesthe largest possible throughput across any expanse of the internet or anyintranet).

The Burn(TM) Server employs smart packet switching technology,which enables a collection of Afterburner(TM) Network Servers to measureinternet topology for data loss, distance, bottlenecks, peering pointsand a variety of other factors. Based on measured data, the Burn(TM) Serverdetermines the optimal allocation of network server resources to individualusers. Working as a distinct backbone designed to overlay all of the majorexisting backbones, the SDS(TM) Network provides the most efficient solutionsavailable today for webmasters, cybercasters, ISP's, and other users throughoutthe internet.

After establishing an optimal data route, the Burn(TM) Server measuresdata flow transmitting to and from each network server every five (5) seconds,to determine any changes that might be relevant to scheduling and directionof internet traffic. With respect to any crashed network servers, the Burn(TM)Server automatically reboots the respective unit without interrupting anynetwork traffic.

The unique Afterburner(TM) Network Servers are each capable on maintaining4,000 open sockets, and have been tested at more than 1 million hits perminute. Each Afterburner(TM) Network Server has the capability of fillingmultiple T-3s with video, audio, text, and other data. In service withalmost flawless consistency, Afterburners(TM) throughout the United Stateshave carried millions of minutes of live video, accompanied by text andother objects, on a sustained basis.

The fact that the SDSN(TM) Network takes care of all multiplexing andmulticasting involved in a cybercast, teleconference, or any other one-,two-, or multiple-way communication means that a single ISDN quality feedinto the Network can be used to create millions of individual streams,and the cybercaster needs to provide only a minimum of the bandwidth inuse. The SDSN(TM) Network manages all aspects of all internet and intranettraffic from start to finish.

The SDSN(TM) Network is designed to support all forms of video, audioand text transmission, from JPEG, and MPEG-1 and -2, to H.263, H.261, fractaland wavelet, with bit rates from 2,400 baud to 45 Mb/sec. Any audio, video,or text data can be encoded at multiple bit rates, in any codec, in orderto facilitate transmission through the Network. IDBS recommends its ownLivecam(TM) JPEG and Fractal A/V Servers, a server push camera which creates a stream tied to an audio stream, and its Netscape / Internet Explorer audio/video100 KB free downloadable client viewer (the Livecam(TM) A/V Client Program),which includes the proprietary S-PACK(TM) protocol.

IDBS has been using the SDSN(TM) Network to distribute video over theinternet since May of 1996. Using 14 distinct processes, IDBS has workedwith video, audio, and data on a distributed network, meeting the demandsof a variety of clients.

• In June of 1996, the SDSN(TM) was the backbone for IDBS's  cybercastof Timothy Learys funeral, as well as the last cyberconference betweenLeary and Ken Kesey.
• In July of 1996, IDBS, led by CTO John Sokol, cybercast the EdenFestConcert in Toronto, Ontario to more than 65,000 viewers, starting fromone T-1, and then distributing the load through servers throughout America.
• In March of 1997, Sokol accomplished two more firsts. Using the S-PACK(TM)protocol, Sokol cybercast Arthur C. Clarke, author of 2001: A SpaceOdyssey from Sri Lanka, where the national backbone is only 64k, to theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana Champagne, where it was blown up ontoa 60-foot square screen before an auditorium full of fans, led by moviecritic Roger Ebert (of Siskel & Ebert). The data loss from Sri Lankato Illinois was zero percent (0.00%) using the unique S-PACK(TM) protocol.