Patent ID: 7278009
Filing Date: 2007-10-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A tiered command distribution system, comprising: a pipeline architecture that includes processor chains of media processors configured to process media data in a media device; a tier assignment module configured to determine a longest path of media processors in the processor chains to determine a tier allocation of the media processors of each processor chain; tiers of one or more media processors to sequentially process the media data, each tier including a media processor from one or more of the processor chains, and each tier configured to receive a control event; and a first set of media processors in a first tier each configured to receive the control event and process the control event before a second set of media processors in a second tier each receive the control event such that dataflow of the media data is managed in a processor chain with the control event being received by each media processor that affects the media data.