ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,499, issued on June 17, was assigned to V-NOVA INTERNATIONAL Ltd. (London).

"Method for decoding a video stream" was invented by Sam Orton-Jay (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for decoding a video stream is described. The method comprises: receiving a video stream at a server application, the video stream being encoded according to a multi-layer coding scheme; passing, to a base decoder, an encoded base stream comprised by the video stream, for obtaining a decoded base stream; and passing, to an enhancement decoder, an encoded enhancement stream comprised by the video stream for decoding, wherein an original input vide...