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Data Transmission apparatus of video-on-demand or near video-on-demand system

  • US 5,917,538 A
  • Filed: 05/22/1998
  • Issued: 06/29/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A data transmission apparatus comprising:

  • a data recording means for recording desired data on a recording medium in blocks;

    a data recording control means for controlling said data recording means to record a plurality of divided time series data, formed by dividing the time series data for every predetermined time zone and applying variable length coding, so that the divided time series data of continuous time zones are recorded in a same block or continuous blocks of the recording medium in the order of the time zones;

    a table storing means for storing at least a table including data length information indicating the data length of each of the divided time series data and recording address information indicating a first recording address of the divided time series data in the data recording means; and

    an output means for sequentially reproducing said divided time series data and outputting said divided time series data in a predetermined fixed time unit based on the data length information and the recording address information stored in the table storing means.

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