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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2009
Arturo A. Rodriguez, Norcross, GA (US);
Gregory Shepherd, Eugene, OR (US);
Benjamin M. Cook, Flowery Branch, GA (US);
Arturo A. Rodriguez, Norcross, GA (US);
Gregory Shepherd, Eugene, OR (US);
Benjamin M. Cook, Flowery Branch, GA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method that includes receiving plural representations of a video signal, the video signal comprising plural sequenced pictures corresponding to at least a portion of a video program, wherein two or more of the plural representations of the video signal (PROTVS) includes a respective sequence of latticed pictures and one or more of the other PROTVS includes a respective sequence of non-latticed pictures; and providing in plural successive non-overlapping segments distribution interval (SDIs) compressed versions of the PROTVS in a single video stream, wherein each SDI consists of plural non-overlapping, consecutive segments, each of the plural non-overlapping consecutive segments originating from a respective one of the collective PROTVS.