Patent ID: 7734145

Claim:
A digital video computer system comprising: a bus for communicating information; a digital video camera for capturing video information associated with an image and sound, said digital video camera coupled to said communications bus; a processor for determining if video information is missing and patching said missing video information, including sequential values based upon video frame information, said processor coupled to said communications bus, wherein said processor is also for determining if a segment or block of said video information conforms to ordering constraints of predetermined video information configuration requirements, and patching said segment or block of said video information without disposing of said segment or block entirely if said segment or block of said video information does not conform to ordering constraints of predetermined video information configuration requirements, wherein said patching includes performing an appropriate sequential DIF patch if section type (SCT), a DIF sequence number (Desq) and a DIF block number (DBN) are missing; a monitor for displaying said image, said monitor coupled to said communications bus; and a speaker for transmitting said sound, said speaker coupled to said communications bus.