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Data bridge

  • US 5,864,747 A
  • Filed: 08/22/1996
  • Issued: 01/26/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/24/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a satellite broadcasting system in which channels of digital data are broadcast in packets from a satellite and received by a receiver, the data comprising audio program data representing audio program information for parallel processing, video program data representing video program information for parallel processing and computer data representing information for processing by a computer, each packet containing data of one of audio program data, video program data or computer data, the receiver providing outputs in the form of parallel burst data, the parallel burst data including a plurality of data bursts, each data burst being intermittently output from the receiver at a high output rate, a process comprising:

  • storing the parallel burst data representing the computer data in a buffer;

    identifying boundaries between packets of the computer data and storing a boundary identifier in the buffer for each identified boundary; and

    output the parallel burst data representing the computer data from the buffer to the computer.

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