Patent ID: 8619868

Claim:
A method, comprising: packetizing a plurality of data units into a Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) packet for real-time transport of a video sequence, wherein a first data unit of the plurality of data units comprises at least a portion of an encoded bitstream, wherein a second data unit of the plurality of data units comprises information summarizing the contents of the portion of the encoded bitstream, and wherein the second data unit is placed before any of the other data units of the plurality of data units in the RTP packet; providing, in the second data unit, an indication indicative of a characteristic of the encoded bitstream representative of a the video sequence, wherein the indication comprises at least one of: an indication of redundant coded pictures within the plurality of data units; an indication of temporal level switching points within the plurality of data units; an indication of gradual decoding access points within the plurality of data units; an indication of views to which the plurality of data units belong; or an indication of view random access pictures within the plurality of data units; and transmitting the plurality of data units, including the first data unit and the second data unit, in accordance with the Real-Time Transport Protocol.