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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1997
Chatschik Bisdikian, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
Richard Chernock, Newtown, CT (US);
Milan Milenkovic, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Antonio Ruiz, Weston, FL (US);
Frank Schaffa, Hartsdale, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A video presentation system receives a plurality of series of digital data segments (e.g., image frames) that are cyclically transmitted, wherein certain of the digital data segments manifest a higher priority and are present in the form of plural, time-spaced copies during a series of the digital data segments. The system includes an interface for receiving the repetitively transmitted series of digital data segments and a switch for selecting at least one of the received series of digital data segments. A display presents an image that is constructed from a digital data segment that is selected by a user. By providing plural copies of higher priority digital data segments in each series, a reduction in image access time results when the user selects one of the higher priority digital data segments. A set-top box which serves as the receiver can also be provided with sufficient memory to buffer a certain number of the higher priority digital data segments.