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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
May. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Baruch Sollish, Emmanuel, IL;
Assignee:
Macrovision Europe, South Ruslip, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 2/900 ;
Abstract
A codeword and a method for generating a codeword is provided. The codeword may be used in error correction of digital optical media and DVDs, the codeword having a plurality of data symbols and a plurality of parity symbols, and includes an augmented channel word which can be read as either a first value or a second alternate value. The augmented channel word is one of the plurality of data and parity symbols, the augmented channel word retaining its value irrespective of any error correction performed.