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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMark W. Branstad, Jonathan W. Byrn, Gary S. Delp, Phillip L. Leichty, Jeffrey J. Lynch, Kevin G. Plotz, Lee A. Sendelbach, Albert A. Slane
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Method and apparatus are provided for transmitting a stream of multimedia digital data over a distribution communications network. A multimedia stream server segments the multimedia digital data stream into data blocks on a first boundary and a second boundary. The first boundary is a set number of transport system data packets and the second boundary is a transport system data packet including a timestamp. A scheduler schedules the segmented data blocks for transmission. The multimedia stream server decodes the segmented data blocks to locate the timestamps and matches the transmission of the located timestamp data block with a time value indicated by the timestamp. The set number of transport system data packets can be determined at connection setup and is not a predetermined value for all sessions. At the receiver, batch processing of received multimedia data can be provided.
A method for segmenting a multimedia data stream for transmission over a distribution communications network, said multimedia data stream including sequential transport system (TS) packets with program clock references (PCRs) at a selected time interval, said method comprising the steps of:
A method for segmenting a multimedia data stream for transmission over a distribution communications network, said multimedia data stream including sequential transport system (TS) packets with program clock references (PCRs) at a selected time interval, said method comprising the steps of:
Apparatus for segmenting a multimedia data stream for transmission over a distribution communications network, said multimedia data stream including sequential transport system (TS) packets with embedded program clock references (PCRs) at a selected time interval, comprising:
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