Patent ID: 7769879
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for processing a data stream description of the type used to describe, reference or classify sections of a data stream, comprising: providing a first single data stream comprising a plurality of smaller sections and having a predetermined structure; providing, as a second single data stream, a data stream description of the first single data stream, which description describes the structure of the first single data stream wherein the data stream description is formed as multiple process units, wherein a first of the process units contains sufficient information from the data stream description that is required for a transformation of the first process unit by a processor without accessing information in another one of the process units of the data stream description, and a second one of the process units contains information from the data stream description that is required for a transformation of the second process unit by a processor without requiring information in another one of the process units of the data stream description; providing a processor; applying the data stream description to the processor to provide a transformation of the first process unit with the processor without accessing information in any of the other process units, and to provide a transformation of the second process unit with the processor without accessing information in any of the other process units; and performing an adaptation of a first of the smaller sections of the first single data stream with the transformation of the first process unit.