ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,238,311, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Priority-based video encoding and transmission" was invented by Sorin C. Cismas (Saratoga, Calif.), Jim C. Chou (San Jose, Calif.), Ling Su (Los Altos, Calif.) and Keangpo R. Ho (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A video encoding system in which pixel data is decomposed into frequency bands prior to encoding. The frequency bands are organized into blocks that are provided to a block-based encoder that encodes the blocks and passes the encoded blocks to a wireless interface that packetizes the blocks for transmittal over a wireless connection. The e...