Patent ID: 8649402

Claim:
A virtual broadband receiver comprising: means to receive a multiplicity of video data streams from a multiplicity of data connections, wherein each video data stream was transmitted along one of at least one wireless communication network accessible from a remote reporting location to one of said data connections; and an assembly engine to assemble said multiplicity of video data streams into a single video stream to form a live video transmission from said remote reporting location; wherein said data streams comprise a series of data packets with serial numbers, and wherein said data packets arrive in a generally non serial order; wherein said assembly engine comprises a jitter buffer comprising storage spaces for said data Rickets to be inserted in logical order according said serial numbers; wherein said jitter buffer comprises: means to view a logical receiving window comprising an area of said jitter buffer associated with said data packets possessing generally recently issued said serial numbers; means to view a logical retransmission window comprising an area of said jitter buffer associated with said data packets possessing less recently issued said serial numbers than those associated with said logical receiving window; and means to view a logical output window comprising an area of said jitter buffer associated with said data packets possessing less recently issued said serial numbers than those associated with said logical receiving window.