Patent ID: 7296063
Filing Date: 2007-11-13
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing a stream format for encapsulating multiple streams of data, wherein said streams of data are stored in packets; including a field in a logical structure that adopts the stream format for specifying a packet size for holding samples of the multiple streams of data, wherein the logical structure that adopts the stream format holds a field for a maximum packet size and a field for a minimum packet size; storing a value in the field that corresponds with a desired packet size; storing packets of the desired size within the logical structure that adopts the stream format; storing clock licenses that dictate advancement of a clock in multiple ones of the packets; transmitting the logical structure over a transport medium to a destination computer; and for each packet that holds a clock license, advancing the clock at the destination computer as dictated by the clock license in response to receiving the packet at the destination computer.