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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2012
Eric Gautier, Cesson Sevigne, FR;
Anthony Laurent, Cesson Sevigne Cedex, FR;
David Touze, Cesson Sevigne Cedex, FR;
Eric Gautier, Cesson Sevigne, FR;
Anthony Laurent, Cesson Sevigne Cedex, FR;
David Touze, Cesson Sevigne Cedex, FR;
THOMSON LICENSING, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;
Abstract
The present invention concerns a method for reducing the channel change time in a broadcast television system by encoding a termed companion service in addition to the main service. The companion service is sent along with the original service and helps the receiver to retrieve and display the new service more rapidly during the channel change process. With this solution the service is encoded and streamed in its original format, plus encoded and streamed in a low resolution format.