Patent ID: 8406313

Claim:
A video processing system comprising: a video encoder that encodes a video stream into an independent video layer stream and a first dependent video layer stream, wherein the independent video layer stream includes a first plurality of random access points having a first frequency, and wherein the first dependent video layer stream includes a second plurality of random access points having a second frequency; wherein, in a first mode of operation, a mobile communication device receives the independent video layer stream, to begin decoding the independent video layer stream based on at least one of the first plurality of random access points and generates a reconstructed video signal based on the independent video layer stream, without the first dependent video layer stream; wherein the mobile communication device, in a second mode of operation, receives the first dependent video layer stream, to begin decoding the first dependent video layer stream based on at least one of the second plurality of random access points, to synchronize the independent video layer stream and the first dependent video layer stream to form a synchronized stream, and to generate a reconstructed video signal based on the synchronized stream.