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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1994
Alexander G MacInnis, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of transmitting frames of video data to be displayed including the steps of receiving at least a portion of a frame of video data, determining whether the received video data can be stored in a buffer, storing the received video data in a buffer if the received video data can be stored in the buffer, and erasing any video data of the frame of video data if the received video data cannot be stored in the buffer. In addition, an apparatus for transmitting frames of video data to be displayed including an apparatus for receiving at least a portion of a frame of video data, an apparatus for determining whether the received video data can be stored in a buffer, an apparatus for storing the received video data in the buffer if the received video data can be stored in the buffer, and an apparatus for erasing any video data of the frame of video data if the received video data cannot be stored in the buffer.