Patent ID: 8743906

Claim:
A computerized method for splicing at a splicer, a first video stream of bits and a plurality of additional video streams of bits, the method comprising: Rearranging data packets in the first video stream of bits; Creating placeholder packets in a second video stream of bits, each placeholder packet including the location of the placeholder packet in the second video stream of bits and including a packet identification field having a value distinct from that defined for null packets in a format used by the second video stream of bits; creating placeholder packets in a third video stream of bits, each placeholder packet including location the placeholder packet in the third video stream of bits and including a packet identification field with a value distinct from that defined for null packets in a format used by the third video stream of bits; and In response to a splicing command, inserting a rearranged data packet from the first video stream of bits into (i) a placeholder packet in the second video stream of bits to generate a first spliced stream and (ii) a placeholder packet in the third video stream of bits to generate a second spliced stream.