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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2000
Applicants:
Patrick D. Lincoln, Woodside, CA (US);
David W. J. Stringer-calvert, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Steven M. Dawson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Patrick D. Lincoln, Woodside, CA (US);
David W. J. Stringer-Calvert, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Steven M. Dawson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 (2006.01); H04N 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for deconstructing video into a hierarchical structure, distributing the deconstructed video and reconstructing the deconstructed video to form a video signal having characteristics that match the capabilities of a user device. The video stream may be deconstructed using a single dimension deconstruction or a multidimensional deconstruction.