DE69637814D1 - Programm-Statistisch-Multiplexierungsverfahren und -vorrichtung auf der Basis vom Füllungsgrad von Decoder-Puffer-Speichern - Google Patents

Programm-Statistisch-Multiplexierungsverfahren und -vorrichtung auf der Basis vom Füllungsgrad von Decoder-Puffer-Speichern

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DE69637814D1
DE69637814D1 DE69637814T DE69637814T DE69637814D1 DE 69637814 D1 DE69637814 D1 DE 69637814D1 DE 69637814 T DE69637814 T DE 69637814T DE 69637814 T DE69637814 T DE 69637814T DE 69637814 D1 DE69637814 D1 DE 69637814D1
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Paul Shen
Edward A Krause
Adam S Tom
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04NPICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/434Disassembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. demultiplexing audio and video streams, extraction of additional data from a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Extraction or processing of SI; Disassembling of packetised elementary stream
    • H04N21/4347Demultiplexing of several video streams
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04NPICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/20Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/23Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware
    • H04N21/236Assembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. transport stream, by combining a video stream with other content or additional data, e.g. inserting a URL [Uniform Resource Locator] into a video stream, multiplexing software data into a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Insertion of stuffing bits into the multiplex stream, e.g. to obtain a constant bit-rate; Assembling of a packetised elementary stream
    • H04N21/2365Multiplexing of several video streams
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04NPICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00Television systems
    • H04N7/16Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/173Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
    • H04N7/17309Transmission or handling of upstream communications
    • H04N7/17336Handling of requests in head-ends

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  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Compression Or Coding Systems Of Tv Signals (AREA)
  • Time-Division Multiplex Systems (AREA)
DE69637814T 1995-11-21 1996-11-08 Programm-Statistisch-Multiplexierungsverfahren und -vorrichtung auf der Basis vom Füllungsgrad von Decoder-Puffer-Speichern Expired - Lifetime DE69637814D1 (de)

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US08/560,219 US5862140A (en) 1995-11-21 1995-11-21 Method and apparatus for multiplexing video programs for improved channel utilization
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