Patent ID: 7269302
Filing Date: 2007-09-11
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of transferring a current image frame of data between an image data source and image data sink, comprising the steps of: receiving a query, comprising transfer control parameters at the image data source from an image data client requesting an identification of image dimensions in the image data, the image data source having at least two image dimensions; responding from the image data source to the client, identifying the image dimensions in the image data by searching the image data source for the image dimensions; receiving a request at the image data source from the image data client requesting an indication of the number of image frames along a particular image dimension; responding from the image data source to the client, indicating the number of image frames along the particular image dimension; receiving a notification at the image data source from the image data client setting the current image dimension to the particular image dimension; receiving a notification at the image data source from the image data client setting the current image frame to correspond to a number within the number of image frames along the particular image dimension; and pushing the image data corresponding to the current image frame from the image data source to the image data sink.