Patent ID: 8973075
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a controller configured to receive a video stream compressed according to a video encoding standard, to generate a packet for transmission across a packet-switched network, and to insert at least one compressed segment of the video stream into a payload of the packet, wherein the controller is further configured to receive metadata that describes content within the video stream and is not compressed according to the standard, to insert the metadata into the packet without compressing the metadata according to the standard, and to transmit the packet across the packet-switched network to a target device, wherein the metadata comprises a series of data points received over time, and the controller is further configured to temporally correlate at least one data point with the at least one segment of the video stream, and to insert the metadata into the packet by inserting the correlated data point into the packet.