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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2017
Immersion Services Llc, Renton, WA (US);
James David Johnston, Redmond, WA (US);
Stephen Daniel White, Woodinville, WA (US);
King Wei Hor, Redmond, WA (US);
Barry M. Genova, Bothell, WA (US);
IMMERSION NETWORKS, INC., Renton, WA (US);
Abstract
A codec operable to process audio data and related data. The codec further operable to receive at least one of an audio, audio auxiliary, program configuration, and data signals from a program source, the audio signals including at least one of single channel audio and multi-channel audio signals, audio auxiliary signals including spatial and motion data and environmental characteristics, the data signals including program related data. The codec further operable to generate a non-transitory encoded bitstream, wherein the bitstream includes at least one of synchronization command data and at least one of a program command data, audio channel data, audio auxiliary data, program content data, and an end of stream data, wherein the encoded bitstream includes an identifier for defining packet type for each data component. The synchronization command data includes a stream start flag defining an entry point for decoding the bitstream and further provides sample rate for the encoded bitstream.