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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2005
William G. Parry, Bellevue, WA (US);
Serge Smirnov, Redmond, WA (US);
Mingtzong Lee, Redmond, WA (US);
Christopher W. Lorton, Redmond, WA (US);
Jayachandran Raja, Redmond, WA (US);
William G. Parry, Bellevue, WA (US);
Serge Smirnov, Redmond, WA (US);
Mingtzong Lee, Redmond, WA (US);
Christopher W. Lorton, Redmond, WA (US);
Jayachandran Raja, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for handling streaming information encoded with a data structure having a data block format. The data block format includes a data block having a header portion and an end portion. The header portion includes a prefix field having a pointer to a succeeding data block and the end portion includes a suffix field having a pointer to a preceding data block. A first data block size field is included in the header portion and indicates the size of the data block and a second data block size field is included in the end portion and indicates the size of the data block. A payload field is bounded by the first data block size field and a second data block size field. The payload field includes streaming information to be rendered.