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System and method for remultiplexing of a filtered transport stream

US6831931B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 6, 2000
Grant dateDec 14, 2004
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Expiry dateNov 22, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/4344
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A transport demultiplexor system and queue remultiplexing methodology includes: a packet buffer for receiving data packets belonging to an input transport stream, each packet having a corresponding identifier identifying a program to which the packet belongs; a data unloader device for pulling successive packets from the packet buffer for storage in a memory storage device, and writing the pulled packets into contiguous address locations in the memory; and, a remultiplexor mechanism for generating an address offset associated with a next data packet pulled from the packet buffer to be stored in memory and writing it to a new memory location that is offset from a memory location assigned to a previously pulled packet, the offset defining a memory gap in the memory storage device capable of being filled new data content.

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