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Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2008
Applicants:

Arturo A. Rodriguez, Norcross, GA (US);

Benjamin M. Cook, Flowery Branch, GA (US);

Ken L. Eppinett, Madison, AL (US);

John R. Bean, Madison, AL (US);

Inventors:

Arturo A. Rodriguez, Norcross, GA (US);

Benjamin M. Cook, Flowery Branch, GA (US);

Ken L. Eppinett, Madison, AL (US);

John R. Bean, Madison, AL (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/80 (2006.01); H04N 5/783 (2006.01); H04N 7/12 (2006.01); H04N 7/167 (2011.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04N 19/61 (2014.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04N 21/434 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 19/30 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/00424 (2013.01); H04N 19/00781 (2013.01); H04N 21/8455 (2013.01); H04N 21/4343 (2013.01); H04N 21/23418 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods that receive a video stream comprising a sequence of compressed pictures, the compressed pictures comprising a plurality of levels of picture importance including a first picture level and a second picture level, track the compressed pictures to ascertain which of the compressed pictures correspond to the first level, and responsive to ascertaining which of the compressed pictures correspond to the first level, tracking the compressed pictures to ascertain which of the compressed pictures correspond to the second level.


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