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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1997
John William Chaney, Nobleville, IN (US);
Billy Wesley Beyers, Jr, Greenfield, IN (US);
Michael Wayne Johnson, Indianapolis, IN (US);
James Edwin Hailey, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Kevin Elliott Bridgewater, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Michael Scott Deiss, Zionsville, IN (US);
Raymond Scott Horton, Fishers, IN (US);
Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A digital video system receives a digital bitstream representing video and audio information and containing a plurality of packetized data programs in a data format and includes data units related to the selection of individual programs and individual packetized datastreams associated with a program. The system includes a first processor responsive to the bitstream for capturing program guide information and a second processor responsive to the bitstream for capturing selected program data. The program guide data includes a base data unit for selecting a first program and a second data unit of predetermined offset to the base data unit for selecting a second program. The second processor captures program data by capturing data with identifiers matching an identifier determined from the data units.