Patent ID: 8019004

Claim:
A method for converting serial video comprising a series of coded individual video signals into a serial IP video signal using at least one of programs and circuits including a receiver, an analog to digital converter, a decoder of a code in each of said individual video signals, one of a sync separator and an external sync input, a memory and a CPU, said method comprises the steps of: receiving said serial video via said receiver and detecting via said one of a sync separator and external sync the time base of said serial video for providing said time base to said converting; converting said serial video via said converter to a serial sequence of packets representing each of said individual video signals converted to individual digital video signal in said sequence; extracting and decoding the code of each of said individual video signals; applying a conversion program of said programs for assigning IP addresses including at least a source address and a destination address stored in said memory for each decoded code; generating IP packets via said CPU by adding to each of said packets its assigned IP addresses; and feeding said IP packets to a network one after another in said sequence.