Patent ID: 8811496

Claim:
An apparatus for decoding a bitstream, comprising: a parser configured to parse a command that includes instructions for decoding a syntax element bitstream from the bitstream, wherein the parser functions to identify a number of times to repeat the command and to identify a table associated with the syntax element bitstream based, at least in part, on a table identification (ID) in the command; and a decoder configured to decode the syntax element bitstream as specified by the command based, at least in part, on retrieving a value in a table associated with the table ID to generate a syntax element; wherein the decoder is configured to decode one or more subsequent syntax element bitstreams by repeating the command corresponding to the number of times to repeat as identified from the command, wherein the decoder determines a next table, and wherein the decoder decodes one of the subsequent syntax element bitstreams based, at least in part, on the next table.