Multiplex communications – Communication techniques for information carried in plural... – Combining or distributing information via frequency channels
Patent
1996-10-18
1999-06-29
Pham, Chi H.
Multiplex communications
Communication techniques for information carried in plural...
Combining or distributing information via frequency channels
370498, 370527, 348473, 455 63, H04N 974
Patent
active
059178302
ABSTRACT:
A secondary packetized data stream, such as a commercial, is spliced with a primary packetized data stream, such as a network television program. The system does not require decompression of the data in the primary data stream, and is particularly suitable for use at a cable system headend to allow the insertion of commercials from local businesses into a nationally broadcast television program. When a start signal is received, a pre-splicing packet of the primary stream is determined. The pre-splicing packet is the packet closest to the start time which carries an anchor frame (e.g., I or P frame) start code. To prevent a potential discontinuity at the decoder, the pre-splicing packet is processed to discard the anchor frame data, and to insert a number of stuffing bytes which is equal to the number of bytes discarded into an adaptation field of the pre-splicing packet. To further maintain continuity at the decoder, identifying data of the primary stream such as PID and PSI data, is retrieved and provided to the secondary stream. A number of null packets are inserted into the output stream at the transition point between the main program and the commercial to prevent a buffer overflow at a decoder which receives the output stream.
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Chen David
Mao Weidong
General Instrument Corporation
Hoppin Ralph F.
Lipsitz Barry R.
Ngo Ricky Q.
Pham Chi H.
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