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Single clock reference for compressed domain processing systems with interspersed transport packets
Assignee: Imagine Communications Corp
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Filing: 2001-07-25
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Granted: 2002-10-29
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Expires: 2021-07-25
Abstract
Abstract A system and method for generating a transport packet stream having an output formatted as an ASI group having a plurality of short and long ASI packets in a fixed sequence. The short and long ASI packet each have an associated transport packet and a fixed number of special idle characters and the transport packets are dispersed among the special idle characters.
Inventors
- 👤 Paul W. Lyons
- 👤 Alfonse A. Acampora
- 👤 John P. Beltz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 17:07
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N21/00; H04N21/40; H04N21/43; H04N21/4302; H04N21/20; H04N21/23; H04N21/242; H04N21/4305; H04N7/00; H04N7/24; H04N7/52
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
59 words
A method for generating a transport packet stream comprising outputting an ASI group having a plurality of short and long ASI packets in a fixed sequence, wherein the short and long ASI packet each have an associated transport packet and a fixed number of special idle characters and wherein the transport packets are dispersed among the special idle characters.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
59 words
A method for generating a transport packet stream comprising outputting an ASI group having a plurality of short and long ASI packets in a fixed sequence, wherein the short and long ASI packet each have an associated transport packet and a fixed number of special idle characters and wherein the transport packets are dispersed among the special idle characters.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the transport packets have a plurality of adjacent bytes interleaved among special idle characters.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the transport packets have a plurality of separate bytes that are interleaved among the special idle characters.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 3 wherein 10 special idle characters are interleaved between successive transport packets bytes.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 3 wherein the short ASI packet has 2093 bytes formatted with a 188 byte transport packet wherein 10 special idle characters are interleaved between successive transport packets bytes followed by 25 special idle characters.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 3 wherein the long ASI packet has 2094 bytes formatted with a 188 byte transport packet wherein 10 special idle characters are interleaved between successive transport packets bytes followed by 26 special idle characters.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
79 words
A method for generating a transport packet stream comprising outputting an ASI group having a plurality of short and long ASI packets in a fixed sequence, wherein the short ASI packets each have 2093 bytes including a 188 byte transport packet and 1905 special idle characters and wherein the long ASI packets each have 2094 bytes including a 188 byte transport packet and 1906 special idle characters and wherein the transport packets are dispersed among the special idle characters.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
79 words
A method for generating a transport packet stream comprising outputting an ASI group having a plurality of short and long ASI packets in a fixed sequence, wherein the short ASI packets each have 2093 bytes including a 188 byte transport packet and 1905 special idle characters and wherein the long ASI packets each have 2094 bytes including a 188 byte transport packet and 1906 special idle characters and wherein the transport packets are dispersed among the special idle characters.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the transport packet bytes are a unified group interleaved among special idle characters.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the transport packets bytes are separately interleaved among the special idle characters.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
64 words
A system for generating a transport packet stream comprising transport stream encoder operable to output an ASI group having a plurality of short and long ASI packets in a fixed sequence, wherein the short and long ASI packet each have an associated transport packet and a fixed number of special idle characters and wherein the transport packets are dispersed among the special idle characters.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
64 words
A system for generating a transport packet stream comprising transport stream encoder operable to output an ASI group having a plurality of short and long ASI packets in a fixed sequence, wherein the short and long ASI packet each have an associated transport packet and a fixed number of special idle characters and wherein the transport packets are dispersed among the special idle characters.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system of claim 10 wherein the transport packets have a plurality of adjacent bytes interleaved among special idle characters.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system of claim 10 wherein the transport packets have a plurality of separate bytes that are interleaved among the special idle characters.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system of claim 12 wherein 10 special idle characters are interleaved between successive transport packets bytes.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
38 words
The system of claim 12 wherein the short ASI packet has 2093 bytes formatted with a 188 byte transport packet wherein 10 special idle characters are interleaved between successive transport packets bytes followed by 25 special idle characters.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
38 words
The system of claim 12 wherein the long ASI packet has 2094 bytes formatted with a 188 byte transport packet wherein 10 special idle characters are interleaved between successive transport packets bytes followed by 26 special idle characters.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
85 words
A system for generating a transport packet stream comprising a transport stream encoder operable to output an ASI group having a plurality of short and long ASI packets in a fixed sequence, wherein the short ASI packets each have 2093 bytes including a 188 byte transport packet and 1905 special idle characters and wherein the long ASI packets each have 2094 bytes including a 188 byte transport packet and 1906 special idle characters and wherein the transport packets are dispersed among the special idle characters.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
85 words
A system for generating a transport packet stream comprising a transport stream encoder operable to output an ASI group having a plurality of short and long ASI packets in a fixed sequence, wherein the short ASI packets each have 2093 bytes including a 188 byte transport packet and 1905 special idle characters and wherein the long ASI packets each have 2094 bytes including a 188 byte transport packet and 1906 special idle characters and wherein the transport packets are dispersed among the special idle characters.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
19 words
The system of claim 16 wherein the transport packet bytes are a unified group interleaved among special idle characters.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
18 words
The system of claim 16 wherein the transport packets bytes are separately interleaved among the special idle characters.
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