Patent ID: 6801544
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: G11B,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
A method of converting a packetized stream of information signals representing information arranged in separate, consecutive data packets of digital format, into a stream of information signals with time stamps, the method comprising the steps:receiving the serial stream of information signals; detecting the data packets in the serial stream of information signals, and establishing a time of arrival of each detected data packet; and generating time stamp data related to the time of arrival for each detected data packet; characterized in that the method further comprises the steps:grouping a plurality of the time stamp data of several data packets into a time stamp packet; generating a time stamp packet signal representing the time stamp data packet and transmitting the serial stream of the received information signals together with the generated time stamp packet signals such that a unique association is established between the time stamp data and a corresponding data packet.