Patent ID: 6360054
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A video storage and communication device used for a video information communication system to distribute video data to a terminal set connected with a communication channel, the communication device comprising:a first video storage portion for storing a first coded video data; a video generating portion for generating a second coded video data different from the first coded video data by re-encoding the first coded video data; a second video storage portion for storing the second coded video data generated by the video-generating portion, wherein said first and second video storage portions are separate and distinct from one another; a video-reproduction control portion for selecting the first coded video data stored in the first video storage portion or the second coded video data stored in the second video storage portion; and a transmitting portion for transmitting the first coded video data or the second coded video data selected by the video-reproduction control portion over the communication channel, wherein the first coded data and the second coded data are separate from and independent of one another.