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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1998
Michael Kandler, Vienna, AT;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A system ( ) comprising a data source ( ) for supplying an information packet stream containing digital data coded in accordance with a first coding method and/or a second coding method, a processing device ( ) for processing an information packet stream, and a data sink ( ) for receiving an information packet stream comprises insertion means ( ), which the insertion means ( ) comprise detection means ( ) adapted to detect digital data contained in a sub-stream of the information packet stream and coded in accordance with a second coding method and to supply control information upon detection of such data, and a packet stream generator ( ) which, when control information appears, is adapted to insert further digital data coded in accordance with the first coding method and containing additional information about the sub-stream into further information packets of the information packet stream.