Multiplexer for multiple media streams
CA 2210375 C · Owner: Dobson, Hamish D. · Inventors: Dobson, Hamish D.; Chow, Robert
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A multimedia terminal having a host processor an audio, and video encoder, a system time clock and a multiplexer is, provided. The encoders input elementary stream of data into the multiplexer. The multiplexer is comprised of a mux processor, a FIFO which buffers the elementary stream of data, and a mux logic circuit which preprocesses the elementary stream of data in accordance with an encoder/ decoder protocol.
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- Filed July 11, 1997 and granted April 2, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 11, 2017.
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