Patent ID: 7120194

Claim:
A method for receiving moving picture data via a data receiving unit, wherein the data includes at least one frame with at least one picture type, comprising: receiving encoded moving picture data, wherein the encoded moving picture data comprises at least one frame, wherein each frame comprises picture data; and for each frame in the encoded moving picture data: determining a picture type of the frame, wherein the picture type comprises one of a basic picture type and a transition picture type, if the picture type of the frame is the basic picture type, decoding the picture data for the frame; if the picture type of the frame is the transition picture type: determining an identifier of a parent frame, generating a modified frame based on the picture data for the frame, wherein the picture data for the frame comprises at least one difference between the picture data for the frame and the picture data for the parent frame, and decoding the picture data for the modified frame, and displaying the decoded picture data.