Fast channel change via a mosaic channel

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PATENT NO 8925030
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14002476

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A fast channel change (FFC) system including a tuner arrangement to receive at least one transport stream including an aggregated video service (AVS) and TV channels, each video frame of the AVS including some video data of each channel, a demultiplexer arrangement to demultiplex a first channel and the AVS, a FCC buffer to buffer the video frames of the AVS, a decoder arrangement to decode the first channel, a controller to instruct the decoder arrangement to switch from decoding the first channel to decoding the AVS from the FCC buffer, and a graphic engine to extract the video data of a second channel from the AVS yielding a full-screen video, and output the full-screen video to a display device, wherein the controller is operative to instruct the decoder arrangement to switch from decoding the AVS to decoding the second channel. Related apparatus and methods are also described.

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SYNAMEDIA LIMITEDONE LONDON ROAD STAINES UPON THAMES TW18 4EX

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Farkash, Eyal Raanana, IL 8 112
Hibshoosh, Eliphaz Tel-Aviv, IL 24 652
Mirsky, Yair Jerusalem, IL 8 172
Sundy, Len Ramat Beit Shemesh, IL 6 164
Tirza, Oded Har Adar, IL 1 14

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