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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2004
Jeffrey Allen Cooper, Rocky Hill, NJ (US);
Kumar Ramaswamy, Princeton, NJ (US);
Jill Macdonald Boyce, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Jeffrey Allen Cooper, Rocky Hill, NJ (US);
Kumar Ramaswamy, Princeton, NJ (US);
Jill MacDonald Boyce, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for staggercasting includes encoding a first signal representing content having a time duration and a second signal also representing that content. A time delay period is specified for the time duration of the content. A composite signal, comprising the first and second encoded signals, is generated. In the composite signal the first encoded signal is delayed with respect to the second encoded signal by the time delay period for the time duration of the content. If an error is detected in the composite signal, then the received second encoded signal is decoded to produce the content, otherwise the delayed received first encoded signal is decoded to produce the content.