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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2004
Christopher W. B. Goode, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Yong Ho Son, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Danny Chin, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Steve Zack, Burlington, NJ (US);
Christopher W. B. Goode, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Yong Ho Son, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Danny Chin, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Steve Zack, Burlington, NJ (US);
Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A data packet structure capable of efficiently propagating a payload through a multi-user, digital video distribution system. The system is capable of delivering multimedia data (video and audio information) using the Moving Picture Expert Group (MPEG) packets as payload within a unique packet structure. The packet structure enables routing of the packets through a variety of network topologies. Specifically, the packet structure comprises a packet header, a routing information field, a private data field, digital data payload, and an error correction code field. Such a packet structure enables the network to deliver digital video through a point-to-point, star, ring, dual ring, and other network topologies to a user that is identified in the routine information field.