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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Harold Blatter, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing SA, Boulogne Cedex, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/91 ; G11B 1/904 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/91 ; G11B 1/904 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for processing a source of compressed digital video and control data occuring in transport packets. The apparatus comprises a deriving means responsive to the source for deriving copy control data from the transport packets. A generating means responsive to the copy control data for generating a copy control word. A forming means for forming a superpacket including the copy control word and the transport packets.