Patent ID: 7007031
Filing Date: 2006-02-28
Classification: G06F,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A decoding system for decoding an encoded data element comprising a header portion and a data portion, the header portion comprising control data and the data portion comprising substantive data, the system comprising: a memory unit comprising a first memory element configured to store the data element, the first memory element comprising a header portion and a data portion, the header portion configured to store a header portion of the data element, the data portion configured to store a data portion of the data element; a first decoding element operable to receive the data element stored in the first memory element and to perform a first decoding function on the data portion of the data element and to deposit a result of the first decoding function in the data portion of the first memory element, the first decoding element being operable to perform the first decoding function according to a parameter in the header portion of the data element; and a second decoding element operable to receive the header portion of the data element and the result of the first decoding function stored in the first memory element and to perform a second decoding function on the result of the first decoding function, the second decoding element being operable to perform the second decoding function according to a parameter in the header portion of the data element.