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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2008
Applicants:
Arturo Rodriguez, Norcross, GA (US);
Benjamin Cook, Flowery Branch, GA (US);
Jeffrey C. Hopper, Decatur, GA (US);
Inventors:
Arturo Rodriguez, Norcross, GA (US);
Benjamin Cook, Flowery Branch, GA (US);
Jeffrey C. Hopper, Decatur, GA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco & Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4402 (2011.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/2662 (2011.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 7/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/440218 (2013.01); H04N 21/235 (2013.01); H04N 21/234309 (2013.01); H04N 21/234363 (2013.01); H04N 21/25808 (2013.01); H04N 21/2662 (2013.01); H04N 21/435 (2013.01); H04N 21/4402 (2013.01); H04N 21/440263 (2013.01); H04N 7/012 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for the efficient and non-redundant transmission of a single video program in multiple frame rates, optionally employing a combination of video coding standards, in a way that is backwards-compatible with legacy receivers only supportive of some subsection of frame rates or of some subsection of video coding standards.