Patent ID: 8046818

Claim:
A method for transmitting temporally-ordered data, the method comprising: dividing, using a processor, the temporally-ordered data into a sequence of segments, wherein the temporally-ordered data is video or audio program data; dividing, using the processor, the sequence of segments into multiple fragments for repetitive transmission, wherein each of the multiple fragments has a length, and wherein the length is a function of the fragment's location within the sequence of segments; assigning a nominal transmission time to each of the multiple fragments within a segment, wherein the nominal transmission time for each of the multiple fragments of the segment is based on a time interval, and wherein the time interval is a function of the length of the segment and a number of fragments in the segment; sorting each of the multiple fragments in the segments in accordance with the nominal transmission times; and transmitting each of the multiple fragments in the sorted order at a fixed data rate, wherein the fixed data rate is based on a harmonic mean of time intervals for the segments, wherein a time between transmission of each of the multiple fragments is equal to the harmonic mean of the time intervals for the segments, and wherein the transmission is to one or more televisions or display devices for replaying the video or audio program data.