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Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2009

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2003
Applicants:

Mohammed Zubair Visharam, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Ali Tabatabai, Beaverton, OR (US);

Toby Walker, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Mohammed Zubair Visharam, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Ali Tabatabai, Beaverton, OR (US);

Toby Walker, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignees:

Sont Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Sont Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Switch sample metadata defining switch sample sets associated with multimedia data is created. Each switch sample set includes samples that have identical decoding values. Further, a file associated with the multimedia data is formed. This file includes the switch sample metadata, as well as other information pertaining to the multimedia data.


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