Method of formatting a video stream for mobile terminals

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9432707
APP PUB NO 20150264409A1
SERIAL NO

14433401

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Method of formatting a stream of data for mobile terminals according to a series of frames which comply with the ATSC-MH standard or with a standard which is upward compatible with ATSC-MH, a frame comprising a predetermined number of slots, each slot being able to be allocated to the transport of data associated with a service, said method comprising a step of defining a slots allocation pattern making it possible to meet a total bitrate need required for the services for a set, called a super frame, grouping together M frames, M being greater than 1, consisting in:

    Allocating a minimum number N of slots for each frame of a super frame as a function of the total bitrate need and of the bitrate allocated to a slot,Allocating an additional slot in a predetermined number p of frames of a super frame, so as to comply with the total bitrate need with a minimum bitrate stepsize equal to the bitrate allocated to a slot.

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HARMONIC INC4300 NORTH FIRST STREET SAN JOSE CA 95134

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cognault, Marc Thorigne-Fouillard, FR 3 21
Le, Mouel Franck Erce pres Liffre, FR 2 0
Quintard, Jean-Yves Betton, FR 3 4

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