Patent ID: 8824559

Claim:
A method comprising: at an encoder, encoding a bitstream comprising: an encoded plurality of video pictures having a first sequential order separate from a second sequential order of the video pictures in the bitstream; and a plurality of encoded order values comprising a sequence of non-uniform order values, each order value being a non-temporal value associated with a video picture and representative of a position of the video picture in the first sequential order of the video pictures, the sequence of non-uniform order values comprising a first order value for a first picture, a second order value for a second picture, and a third order value for a third picture, wherein in the first sequential order, the first picture is followed by the second picture, which is followed by the third picture, wherein the encoded plurality of video pictures does not include any pictures that is between the first and third pictures in the first sequential order other than the second picture, wherein the difference between the second and first order values is different than the difference between the third and second order values; and transmitting the encoded bitstream.