Patent ID: 7515633

Claim:
A video system, comprising: a source of serial video data; a video compressor to read the serial video data and render from the serial video data packeted and compressed video into packet types in accordance with at least: a copy packet type formatted to include a copy code identifying a location in the serial video data of a known pixel color that is redundant to a current pixel color and a payload identifying an extent of the redundancy; and an n-color packet type formatted to include an n-color code identifying a consecutive run of pixel colors condition in which the consecutive run of pixel colors is comprised only from a set of n number of unique colors, the n-color code followed by a payload of a consecutive series of color identifiers in which (1) the color identifiers correspond respectively to the set of n number of unique colors, (2) the consecutive series is identical in length to the consecutive run of pixel colors, and (3) the color identifiers are ordered in the consecutive series to correspond to an order of the consecutive run of pixel colors; and a network interface to deliver the packeted and compressed video to a network.