Expedited digital signal decoding

Details Expedited digital signal decoding Expedited digital signal decoding

2011-01-18

2011-01-18

Tseng, Cheng-Yuan (Department: 2184)

Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/

Input/output data processing

Input/output data buffering

C386S349000, C386S349000, C386S349000, C710S057000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07873760

ABSTRACT:
Expedited digital signal decoding. A multicast or unicast data stream is sent from a headend to a set-top box at a natural rate. A decoder buffer in the set-top box begins to fill. Once the buffer is partially full, a decoder begins to decode the data at a rate lower than the natural rate. Images are displayed to the user before the buffer is full, allowing for a faster channel change.

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