Patent ID: 9271028
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. Method for decoding a data stream containing a first and a second substream, the first substream containing first and second multimedia data packets and the second substream containing control information, wherein the multimedia data packets contain an indication of the time when to be presented and are decoded prior to their indicated presentation time, the method comprising the steps of: extracting from said control information of the second substream first, second and third control data wherein the first control data are suitable for defining buffer size to be allocated the second control data are suitable for defining one or more second multimedia data packets to be buffered, and the third control data are suitable for defining a mode for buffering the second multimedia data packets; allocating, in a buffer, buffer size according to the first control data (Length); storing the first decoded multimedia data packets in the buffer; and storing one or more multimedia data packets according to the second control data in the buffer, wherein depending on the third control data either the second multimedia data packets are appended to the first decoded multimedia data packets in the buffer, or replace some or all of the first decoded multimedia data packets in the buffer.