| US 7,610,603 B2 | ||
| Multistream video communication with staggered access points | ||
| Alexander G. MacInnis, Lake Oswego, Oreg. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 20, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/38,728. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/556667, filed on Mar. 26, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0216950 A1, Sep. 29, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04N 7/173 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 725—90 [725/101; 709/231; 709/246] | 28 Claims |
| 1. A method, in a video information source, for transmitting video information, the method comprising:
generating a first video information stream representative of a unit of video information;
transmitting the first video information stream, the transmitted first video information stream corresponding to a video channel;
generating a second video information stream representative of the unit of video information by, at least in part, time-shifting
the first video information stream by an amount that is less than the average time between access points in the first video
information stream; and
transmitting the second video information stream simultaneously with the first video information stream, the transmitted second
video information stream corresponding to the video channel.
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