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The Mexico patent office has granted a patent for Broadcast International’s (News - Alert) breakthrough multi-codec video compression technology, CodecSys. With this technology, the video transmitted over satellite, cable, IP, and wireless media will need less bandwidth. This will be helpful for service providers in these segments as they struggle to cope with the ever increasing demands for bandwidth.

 

The Mexico patent is the eighth international patent allowed for Broadcast International’s CodecSys video compression technology. The other countries that have been granted a patent for the core CodecSys multi-codec switching technology are the U.S., Australia, Singapore, India, Korea, Malaysia and Russia.

 

To minimize the bandwidth required to transmit video over bandwidth-constrained networks such as the Internet, CodecSys video compression technology enables multiple expert codecs (used in the compression of video signals for transmission). Other solutions need up to six times more bandwidth to transmit the same video as they use only a single, general purpose codec.

 

Using a patented, multi-codec approach, Broadcast International’s CodecSys software analyzes a video stream and automatically selects the codec best suited for a particular frame or video sequence from an entire library of specialized codecs. These specialist codecs are designed to handle particular types of high-bandwidth video frames or streams. These types of video are extremely bandwidth-intensive and pose chokepoints to generalist codecs. CodecSys can eliminate these chokepoints and offer performance several times higher than competitive products by selecting the best expert codec for the job. With the help of CodecSys software, CodecSys-based video encoders can be easily changed as standards and requirements evolve.

 

According to Rod Tiede, CEO of Broadcast International, “We’re pleased to add the Mexico patent to our international patent portfolio for CodecSys. Our patented multi-codec approach compresses video down to a fraction of current rates, and will make possible a whole new range of video applications including live, streaming video over the Internet and to cell phones.”