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Data format for a streaming information appliance

  • US 6,820,144 B2
  • Filed: 04/06/1999
  • Issued: 11/16/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/06/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer readable medium encoded with a data structure having a data block format for streaming information, the data block format comprising:

  • a data block having a header portion and an end portion, the header portion including a prefix field having a pointer to a succeeding data block, the end portion including a suffix field having a pointer to a preceding data block;

    a first data block size field included in the header portion and indicating the size of the data block;

    a second data block size field included in the end portion and indicating the size of the data block; and

    a payload field bounded by the first data block size field and the second data block size field wherein the payload field includes streaming information to be rendered.

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