Patent ID: 8547995

Claim:
Modular system for transmitting digital High Definition (HD) video/audio data in a packet switching network, said system including a transmitter for generating time-stamped data packages and a receiver for receiving said data packages, the video data being transmitted separately from the audio data, characterized in each said transmitter (VTB) and said receiver (VRB) consisting of a first module or baseboard and at least one second module or card removably connectable to said first module, each said card being dedicated distinctly either for a VTB as audio/video data receive card (VTB card) or for a VRB as audio/video data outputting card (VRB card) and including means earmarking said card as a VTB card or a VRB card, respectively, said baseboard being identical for both the VTB and the VRB, but being configurable for a transmitting mode or a receiving mode, each said baseboard including a plurality of connectors, each for removably receiving one of said cards, means for identifying an earmark of the card when it is connected to said baseboard, including identifying whether said card is a VTB card or a VRB card, and means for configuring said baseboard, depending on the earmark on said card, as transmitter baseboard when the card is identified as VTB card or as receiver baseboard when the card is identified as VRB card.