Abstract: The present invention is method and system capable of delivering video across the Internet using the hypertext transfer protocol. Client objects periodically request to view a uniform resource locator that is aliased to a servlet. For each request, the servlet retrieves and delivers a video image to the requesting client object. The invention can simultaneously deliver images to a variety of client objects, regardless of whether they are requesting the images at the same rate.

Abstract: The present invention is method and system capable of delivering video across the Internet using the hypertext transfer protocol. Client objects periodically request to view a uniform resource locator that is aliased to a servlet. For each request, the servlet retrieves and delivers a video image to the requesting client object. The invention can simultaneously deliver images to a variety of client objects, regardless of whether they are requesting the images at the same rate.

Abstract: The present invention is method and system capable of delivering video across the Internet using the hypertext transfer protocol. Client objects periodically request to view a uniform resource locator that is aliased to a servlet. For each request, the servlet retrieves and delivers a video image to the requesting client object. The invention can simultaneously deliver images to a variety of client objects, regardless of whether they are requesting the images at the same rate.

Abstract: A system and method for emulating vehicle components, wherein a device having limited capabilities in a stand-alone configuration is coupled to a network and utilizes services provided by other network devices to enable it to emulate a component which has less-limited capabilities. In one embodiment, a network having a server is installed in a vehicle. The limited-capability device is coupled to the network, and a memory in the limited-capability device provides data regarding the device to the server. The data may itself describe services needed by the device, or it may identify a location at which this information can be found. When the needed information is provided to the limited-capability device, the limited-capability device appears to other devices on the network (and to devices external to the network) as if it were not limited in its capabilities. In the one embodiment, a display which is not IP-addressable contacts a server to register interest in data packets of a particular type.