Patent ID: 7653869

Claim:
A system for error correction in a source signal, comprising: at least one source signal input; a first path electrically connected to the input and decoding the source signal and sending a decoded signal to a first encoder for generating a primary signal stream; a second path electrically connected to the input, the second path including a second encoder receiving the source signal and prior to decoding the source signal, processing the source signal to generate an encoded compressed signal stream, the second encoder not receiving signals from or sending signals to the first encoder; a multiplexer combining the encoded compressed signal stream with the primary signal stream for transmission thereof, whereby lost data in the primary signal stream can be replaced at a receiver by information in the encoded compressed signal stream; a demultiplexer separating the primary signal stream from the encoded compressed signal stream; circuitry processing the streams; and logic for displaying information carried in the primary signal stream under a first error condition and otherwise displaying information carried in the encoded compressed stream.