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(11) EP 0 980 185 B8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 B1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
16.12.2015 Bulletin 2015/51

(45) Mention of the grant of the patent:
28.10.2015 Bulletin 2015/44

(21) Application number: 99113881.9

(22) Date of filing: 16.07.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04N 7/24(2011.01)
 H04N 5/00(2011.01)

(54)

Auxiliary data insertion in a transport datastream

Zusatzdateneinfügung in einen Transportdatenstrom

Insertion de données auxiliaires dans un flux de données de transport

(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 12.08.1998 US 96226 P

(43) Date of publication of application:
16.02.2000 Bulletin 2000/07

(73) Proprietor: Thomson Licensing
92443 Issy-les-Moulineaux (FR)

(72) Inventors:
  • Knutson, Paul Gothard
    Indianapolis, IN 46219 (US)
  • Ramaswamy, Kumar
    Indianapolis, IN 46240 (US)
  • Beyers, Billy Wesley Jr.
    Carmel, IN 46033 (US)
  • Stahl, Thomas Anthony
    Indianapolis, IN 46256 (US)

(74) Representative: Hofstetter, Schurack & Partner 
Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei PartG mbB Balanstrasse 57
81541 München
81541 München (DE)


(56) References cited: : 
EP-A- 0 680 216
US-A- 5 619 337
 EP-A- 0 723 376
US-A- 5 691 986
   
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