Patent ID: 7756133

Claim:
Method for processing a sequence of a plurality of data packets in a receiver apparatus, the data packets including a sequence of audio and/or video data packets, with the method comprising the following steps: a) reception ( 205 ) of a data packet in the sequence of data packets in the receiver apparatus via a data link; b) determination ( 210 ) of identification information for the data packet, which information indicates the position of the data packet in the sequence of data packets; c) sorting ( 215 ) of the data packet into the sequence of data packets to be processed in a queue corresponding to the identification information, with the data packets to be processed comprising the sequence of data packets, the data packets being arranged in the queue according to an order they have to be processed, a first data packet in said sequence of data packets having to be processed first and a last data packet in said sequence of data packets having to be processed last; d) determination ( 220 ) of a time value from a time marking of the first data packet to be processed in the queue and of a further time value from the time marking of the last data packet to be processed in the queue, said time marking information being received with said data packets; e) determination ( 225 ) of a time difference between the time value of the first data packet and the further time value of the last data packet; and f) transfer ( 230 ) of at least the first data packet to be processed in the queue for processing to a processing device if the time difference is greater than or equal to a predetermined time threshold value.