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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2002
Applicants:
Michael Horowitz, Austin, TX (US);
Rick Flott, Austin, TX (US);
Athar Shah, Austin, TX (US);
Kevin Raper, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Michael Horowitz, Austin, TX (US);
Rick Flott, Austin, TX (US);
Athar Shah, Austin, TX (US);
Kevin Raper, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Polycom, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for encoding digital video with low delay for transport on a multi-channel QoS packet-switched network using multiple reference pictures with specially designated 'key frames' to minimize the undesired effects of packet loss on video quality.