Distributed interactive multimedia system architecture

摘要: Various aspects of an interactive multimedia system and associated methods. In general, the employs central peripheral hubs that function to provide services a plurality clients call manager server, or subsystem. The subsystem cooperate serve requests originating in clients. client-server-client architecture allows for distributed processing resource management. Redundant connections between various network subsystems survivability. Each hub is provided with ability initialize recover from systemic errors, thereby distributing initialization recovery. Certain resources are capable being managed other subsystems, allowing sharing resources. An open numbering plan efficient treatment dialed numbers. Call sharable multiple subsystems. Finally, iterative process employed ensure calls routed through travel shortest possible path.