Patent ID: 7474700
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A video system comprising: (a) a plurality of frames of video each of which is defined by a plurality of scene elements, where said plurality of scene elements for a respective frame together define an image of said respective frame, wherein each of said scene elements is separately encoded with respect to other scene elements for said respective frame, wherein said image is created by a receiving device, of said video system, that composes said separately encoded scene elements within a respective frame based upon location information defining the position of said scene elements within said respective frame; (b) first auxiliary data descriptive of a first scene element; (c) second auxiliary data descriptive of a second scene element; and (d) a sending device that sends, using at least two elementary streams, a bitstream representing said respective frame of said video, including respective said separately encoded scene elements and said location information, said first auxiliary data, and said second auxiliary data, from said sending device to said receiving device.