Patent ID: 9660763
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: H03M,H04L

Claim:
1. A method of electronically transmitting data via one or more transmitters capable of outputting an electronic signal, wherein the data to be transmitted is represented by an ordered set of source symbols and the data is transmitted as a sequence of encoded symbols representing at least a portion of the electronic signal, the method comprising: obtaining, in an electronically readable form, the ordered set of source symbols; generating a set of intermediate symbols from the ordered set of source symbols, wherein the ordered set of source symbols can be regenerated from the set of intermediate symbols; designating a plurality of sets of the intermediate symbols such that each intermediate symbol is designated as a member of one of the sets of intermediate symbols, the sets comprising at least a first set and a second set each of which has as members at least one intermediate symbol, and wherein the first set is designated as symbols for a first form of decoding and the second set is designated as symbols to be inactivated for the first form of decoding and are designated as symbols for a second form of decoding; and generating a plurality of encoded symbols, wherein an encoded symbol is generated from one or more of the intermediate symbols, wherein at least one encoded symbol is generated, directly or indirectly, from a plurality of intermediate symbols selected from both the first set and the second set.