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Method and system for transmitting media streams over a variable bandwidth network

US6879634B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 15, 1999
Grant dateApr 12, 2005
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Expiry dateDec 15, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/5664
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Method for re-multiplexing a plurality of streams including the steps of: compressing each of the streams at a plurality of compression rates, generating a base layer and a plurality of supplemental layers for each of the streams and storing each in a level ordered queue array, retrieving data from the base layer queue and retrieving data from subsequent level queues, so as to fill out the available overall bandwidth.

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