System and method for seamless switching through buffering

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9538257
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14065132

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A method of preparing data streams to facilitate seamless switching between such streams by a switching device to produce an output data stream without any switching artifacts. Bi-directional switching between any plurality of data streams is supported. The data streams are divided into segments, wherein the segments include synchronized starting points and end points. The data rate is increased before an end point of a segment, to create switch gaps between the segments. Increasing the data rate can include increasing a bandwidth of the plurality of data streams, for example by multiplexing, or compressing the data.

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TIVO CORPORATION2160 GOLD STREET SAN JOSE CA 95002

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Booth, Richard L Cambridge, US 17 352
Haberman, Seth New York, US 153 2198
Jansen, Alex Jersey City, US 48 579
Niemeijer, Gerrit Maplewood, US 86 1017

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