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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald F. Gordon, Pacific Grove, CA (US);
Mark D. Conover, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
DIVA Systems Corporation, Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/917 ; H04N 7/52 ; H04N 7/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/917 ; H04N 7/52 ; H04N 7/26 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for processing an information stream comprising a plurality of compressed information frames to produce an information sub-stream having a reduced number of information frames. In the case of an MPEG video information stream, the information sub-stream is suitable for use as a fast-forward (FF) or rewind (REW) stream in, e.g., a video on demand (VOD) system utilizing such streams.