Patent ID: 8320446

Claim:
A method of providing a video sequence from source with a processing device to a destination with a display device, wherein the destination is remote from the source, comprising the steps of: at the source, the processing device causing, converting a synchronous video signal containing a plurality of frames of video data and a plurality of time-based synchronization control signals associated therewith into video data and a header including time-based video signal parameter information using a plurality of sequential packets; asynchronously transmitting each of the plurality of sequential packets in sequence from the source to the destination with substantially reduced bandwidth through channels with smaller capacity than that normally used for the intended video transmission; at the destination, the display device causing, receiving each of the plurality of sequential packets in the sequence; obtaining a reconstructed synchronous video signal using the time-based video signal parameter information and the video data and a sync pulse generator of the display device to match a frequency of the source, the reconstructed synchronous video signal including substantially visually similar reconstructed video data that is substantially visually similar to the video data and reconstructed vertical and horizontal synchronization control signals that are substantially identical to the plurality of synchronization control signals; and synchronously outputting the video sequence to a visual monitor of the display device at the predetermined frame rate, the video sequence including the reconstructed synchronous video signal.