Interactive video distribution systems – Local video distribution system – Multiunit or multiroom structure
Reexamination Certificate
2004-06-21
2008-11-04
Grant, Christopher (Department: 2623)
Interactive video distribution systems
Local video distribution system
Multiunit or multiroom structure
C725S116000, C725S114000, C709S204000, C370S503000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07448061
ABSTRACT:
In a digital cinema network of NTP-timekeeping devices in which one of the devices decodes video information, the scheduling of future instructions takes into account the differences between the nominal and actual frame rates of the video decoding device and the network's NTP latency.
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