Luby had a startup named Digital Fountain in SF in the late 90's where they attempted to productize this, primarily for video streaming. Looks like they were a

Luby had a startup named Digital Fountain in SF in the late 90's where they attempted to productize this, primarily for video streaming. Looks like they were acquired by Qualcomm a few years back: http://www.qualcomm.com/solutions/broadcast-streaming/media-delivery http://www.qualcomm.com/solutions/broadcast-streaming/media-...