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5968132 Image data communicating apparatus and a communication data quantity adjusting method used in an image data communication system  
Image data communicating apparatus and communication data quantity adjusting method in an image data communication system suitable for use when image data is transferred in a network environment....
5970233 Multiple codecs for video encoding format compatibility  
A method, apparatus, and storage medium for processing video data. According to one embodiment, first data encoded in a first high level encoding format and second data encoded in a second high...
5966547 System for fast posting to shared queues in multi-processor environments utilizing interrupt state checking  
A method and apparatus for efficiently posting entries to a queue within the data processing system. Entries are posted by first processor with the entries being handled by second processor in the...
5964842 Method and apparatus for scaling data compression based on system capacity  
An apparatus is provided with operating logic for performing a number of data compression operations, and control logic for dynamically selecting one or more of the data compression operations, and...
5956490 Method, client device, server and computer readable medium for specifying and negotiating compression of uniform resource identifiers  
A method (500), client device (700), server (800) and computer readable medium (900) provide a scheme for negotiating compression of universal resource identifiers. The method includes: (1)...
5952943 Encoding image data for decode rate control  
One or more encoding parameters are controlled during the encoding of image data based on a decode processing rate. By taking decode processing into account during encoding, a decoding system will...
5949912 Image coding method and apparatus  
A digitized image is divided into blocks and a wavelet transform is performed, producing wavelet blocks which are quantized, scanned into linear sequences, and then coded. The scanning of each...
5938737 Internet upstream request compression  
Interactive internet activities are a very popular means for gathering information for business, personal, medical, entertainment and other purposes. Most internet interaction is asymmetrical in...
5931928 System for ISDN terminal adapter DCE for automatically negotiating data compression with it's PPP peer when DTE is unable or unwilling to negotiate compression  
Apparatus for an improved ISDN terminal adapter (5) and accompanying methods for use therein. The adapter provides automatic ISDN switch detection, automatic SPID configuration, baud rate...
5925104 Method for making a multimedia application executable on hardware platforms with various different resource levels, a physical record containing such application, and an apparatus for executing such application  
Multimedia application information is stored for later executability on different platforms, such as Interactive Multimedia Distribution Format (IMDF) complying platforms. The application comprises...
5925106 Method and apparatus for obtaining and displaying network server information  
Apparatus, methods, and computer program products are disclosed to simplify a computer user's navigation through a distributed information space. The invention provides the computer user with...
5923679 Error correction encoder, error correction decoder, and communication system  
Error detection and correction capability is improved compared to the conventional art, without lowering the transmission efficiency. When a class dividing circuit 101 is supplied with the...
5920853 Signal compression using index mapping technique for the sharing of quantization tables  
A signal compression system includes a coder and a decoder. The coder includes an extract unit for extracting an input feature vector from an input signal, a coder memory unit for storing a...
5915098 System for compressing bit maps to be shared and displayed in collaborative tool by client and server systems  
The disclosed system updates client systems regarding changes in a shared display region on a server using compressed graphical display information. The disclosed system compares a first bit map...
5901289 Method and system for real-time displaying of MPEG-2 compressed video data within an electronic test equipment  
A system and method for displaying MPEG-2 packets as a hierarchy of tables within a window of a graphical display. This hierarchial display is updated continuously as new packets are received, thus...
5889961 Disk drive having program to be executed by a second processor stored in a first processor's ROM in a compressed form  
A disk drive or comparable device is described which has two microprocessors connected by a communication link. One of the microprocessor accesses nonvolatile storage means containing object code...
5884039 System for providing a directory of AV devices and capabilities and call processing such that each participant participates to the extent of capabilities available  
A multimedia collaboration system that integrates separate real-time and asynchronous networks--the former for real-time audio and video, and the latter for control signals and textual, graphical...
5884048 Digital audio signal processor having small input buffer  
A digital audio signal processing circuit according to the present invention inputs a bit stream 1, which has a configuration including an additional information and several samples of the...
5881244 Picture reproducing apparatus  
A picture reproducing apparatus transmits coded picture data and an algorithm for reproducing (decoding) the coded picture data and reconfigures a decoding processor in accordance with the received...
5864682 Method and apparatus for frame accurate access of digital audio-visual information  
A method and apparatus for use in a digital video delivery system is provided. A digital representation of an audio-visual work, such as an MPEG file, is parsed to produce a tag file. The tag file...
5864409 Image processing system providing access to data processing  
An image processing system includes a first image processing apparatus connected to a second image processing apparatus Each apparatus includes a programmable data compressor that performs image...
5864681 Video encoder/decoder system  
A method and an apparatus for encoding an image signal. The apparatus includes an acquisition module disposed to receive the image signal. A first processor is coupled to the acquisition module. At...
5862404 Network device discovery and status information distribution using independent information distribution processes  
In a networked system having workstations, file servers and intelligent peripheral devices, the intelligent peripheral devices are capable of determining information concerning their device status...
5862388 Interrupt-time processing of received signals  
A computer system with an operating system and a data-processing system running on a host processor, and a receiver. The receiver sends interrupt signals to the operating system after the receiver...
5862347 Information display system, information distributor and information display apparatus  
An information display system has an information distribution apparatus (a server) for storing information, upon receipt of an information distribution demand, to distribute requested information...
5859982 Computer system and method for executing methods of downloaded programs with reduced run-time memory space requirements  
A client computer system and associated method in a computer network over which are provided programs with methods. The client computer is capable of executing the programs with reduced run-time...
5854902 Video data capture and formatting in intelligent video information management system  
Signals from sixteen video cameras are selectively captured using three video decoding circuits. Each decoding circuit is selectively connectable to each camera. Each of two A/D converters is...
5850526 LAN station for determining the destination LAN station is capable of decompressing by comparing destination address to block of addresses assigned by a LAN manufacturer  
Data is compressed in an industry-standard local-area network (LAN) such as IEEE 802.2 or 802.3. Compression occurs at a low level, in the data link layer just above the physical layer. The data in...
5850527 Information providing apparatus  
An information providing apparatus identifies a transmission enabled band of a transmission line and selects information conforming to the band, thereby effectively utilizing the transmission band...
5845088 Method for the production and transmission of enhanced interactive multimedia information  
An optimization method is disclosed that enhances the interactivity of multimedia information. The optimization method includes separating a multimedia information into primary and secondary layers...
5845089 Multimedia information processing apparatus  
A multimedia information processing apparatus comprises information source processing portions, element packet processing portions, packet processing portions, transmission path processing...
5841979 Enhanced delivery of audio data  
A system for selection by a user and delivery to the user of selected audio data files at a delivery rate of 2-100 times the delivery rate for normal, audibly perceptible playback of an audio data...
5838927 Method and apparatus for compressing a continuous, indistinct data stream  
A method and apparatus for compressing a continuous, indistinct data stream is disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, the data stream is examined to determine whether it is...
5838597 MPEG-2 decoding with a reduced RAM requisite by ADPCM recompression before storing MPEG-2 decompressed data  
The video RAM requisite of an MPEG-2 decoder is reduced by recompressing according to an adaptive pulse code modulation scheme (ADPCM) at least the I and P pictures, after MPEG-2 decompression and...
5838917 Dual connection interactive video based communication system  
An interactive video based communication system provides apparatus and methods for user guided information retrieval in video frame format and transmission of the selected and retrieved information...
5838925 Method and apparatus for transmission of compressed picture data  
In this invention, an approach is employed to transmit as a data train in transmitting every frame picture data compressed by using frame correlation and compressed picture data necessary for...
5835730 MPEG packet header compression for television modems  
A method and apparatus are provided for receiving a packet stream having fixed length packets. Data carried in the packet stream is selectively processed for output to a computer. A packet...
5835726 System for securing the flow of and selectively modifying packets in a computer network  
The present invention discloses a novel system for controlling the inbound and outbound data packet flow in a computer network. By controlling the packet flow in a computer network, private...
5832235 System and method for pattern matching using checksums  
A method for detecting that a vector matches a pattern compares a checksum for the vector to a precomputed checksum that acts as a signature for the pattern. Other systems and methods are disclosed.
5832234 Encoding images using block-based macroblock-level statistics  
Block-level statistical measures are generated and then used to generate macroblock-level statistical measures, which are in turn used to determine how to encode the macroblocks of the image. In a...
5831872 Method and system for compressing a video signal using dynamic frame recovery  
A video signal is converted into a coefficient signal for each frame in a video image. Each coefficient signal comprises block coefficient signals which represent the pixels in a pixel map block...
5828849 Method to derive edge extensions for wavelet transforms and inverse wavelet transforms  
A method derives edge extensions for wavelet transforms and inverse wavelet transforms of two-dimensional images. The method overcomes the necessity of side computations by treating the...
5828848 Method and apparatus for compression and decompression of video data streams  
A video image data field to be compression-encoded is divided into rectangular blocks. Each of the rectangular blocks is compared with a corresponding block of a reference image to generate...
5826035 Image display apparatus  
An image display apparatus having a computer system and an image processor. The computer system includes: a personal computer having a CPU and a main memory; and input/output apparatuses such as...
5826036 Information processing apparatus  
An information processing apparatus including a first input section for receiving a first string including a plurality of words and a border-indicating character indicating a border between two...
5822541 Compressed video data amount reducing device, compressed video data amount reducing system and compressed video data amount reducing method  
According to a data amount reducing device for reducing the data amount of compressed video data in which the compressed video data has a format having a control information portion comprising...
5822542 Electronic and structural components of an intelligent video information management apparatus  
A structure for supporting a plurality of recording medium drive units includes a base member supporting a floppy disk drive and a DAT drive, an intermediate member supported on the base member and...
5819048 Image data processing apparatus transmitting data in accordance with a reception rate  
Image data processing apparatus transmitting data in according with a reception rate includes a receiver for receiving information data transmitted from at least one external terminal, and...
5815671 Method and apparatus for encoding and storing audio/video information for subsequent predetermined retrieval  
An entertainment service consists of program material which is encoded, supplied and stored in receivers for later retrieval at the convenience of a subscriber or user. A number of unique options...
5815670 Adaptive block classification scheme for encoding video images  
Blocks of video frames are classified for encoding, for example, as empty blocks, inter blocks, or Intra blocks. This block classification is based on (at least) one statistical measure for each...