Patent ID: 7007113

Claim:
In a networked system including a central hub serving one or more clients, a method for receiving and re-compressing multiple images on the fly being communicated through the central hub, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a first segment of a first compressed image at a controller associated with the central hub; receiving a first segment of a next compressed image at said controller; establishing a first input-buffer for temporarily storing said first segment of said first compressed image; establishing a second input-buffer for temporarily storing said first segment of said next compressed image; and creating an image structure for the first compressed image and keep said structure to the last segment of the first compressed image; and processing the first segment of said first compressed image; storing the processed first segment in an output-buffer; and storing tracking-information for processing the following segments of the first compressed image in a first image structure by storing information regarding the progress of processing the first compressed image; and processing the data in the output buffer according to the communication protocol; and transmitting the output-buffer.