Patent ID: 7043557
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. In a server device, a method for processing an encoded data stream wherein said encoded data stream is non-preemptable and subject to precedence constraints, said method comprising: assigning a processor settings to tasks in a plurality of tasks, wherein a respective processor setting corresponds to a setting used by a processor of a client device to execute a task of said plurality of tasks and wherein said task decodes without preemption a frame of said encoded data stream; generating an execution schedule for decoding said encoded data stream, wherein said execution schedule comprises a sequence for executing at said client device said plurality of tasks according to precedence constraints of the encoded data stream that fix the order for executing at least a subset of said tasks; transmitting to said client device said execution schedule and said processor settings; and wherein said processor of said client device operates using a discrete variable-voltage power supply.