MPEG-2

Note: I am far from a patent lawyer...

As of their January 1, 2024 MPEG-2 Patent List, these are the current patents the Via Licensing patent pool believe's are valid.

I've tried sending complaints to the Malaysia Patent office, but don't believe anything will happen unless someone sues in court.

Does this still impact anyone? Yes, for instance Rapsberry Pis before 4 are still not going to try let MPEG-2 be free until all countries are there. (MPEG-2 hardware support has been removed from Pi 4s)

MY 141626-A

Title

SYNCHRONIZATION ARRANGEMENT FOR A COMPRESSED VIDEO SIGNAL

Client Reference

RP-010050

Received Date

18 Oct 2006

Application Number

PI 20064345

Grant Date

31 May 2010

OPI Date

13 Nov 1994

Filing Date

27 Apr 1994

Expiration Date

31 May 2025

Renewal Due Date

Please be aware to renew your patent before this date is reached, or else your patent will become expired. 30 May 2020

Agent

PATRICK MIRANDAH

Applicant / Owner

GE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, INC., ONE INDEPENDENCE WAY (US)

Inventors

JOEL WALTER ZDEPSKI

International Patent Classification

H04N 7/56 . . . . Synchronising systems therefor 2006.01 30 Apr 2010

Priority

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US) 13 May 1993 060,924

Abstract

APPARATUS FOR DEVELOPING SYNCHRONIZATION OF AN INTERMEDIATE LAYER OF SIGNAL SUCH AS THE TRANSPORT OR MULTIPLEX LAYER OF A MULTI-LAYERED COMPRESSED VIDEO SIGNAL, INCLUDES AT THE ENCODING END OF THE SYSTEM APPARATUS (13, 23, 25) FOR INCLUDING A TIME STAMP REFERENCE, SUCH AS A COUNT VALUE FROM A MODULO K COUNTER (23), AND PROVISION FOR A DIFFERENTIAL TIME STAMP RELATED TO TIME STAMPS OF A FURTHER COMPRESSED SIGNAL OR DIFFERENTIAL TRANSIT TIMES OF RESPECTIVE TRANSPORT PACKETS. FLAGS ARE INCLUDED IN TRANSPORT PACKETS OF SIGNAL TO INDICATE THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF THE TIME STAMPS OR DIFFERENTIAL TIME STAMPS. AT THE RECEIVING END OF THE SYSTEM, CIRCUITRY EXAMINES RESPECTIVE PACKETS FOR THE CONDITION OF THE FLAGS TO LOCATE SPECIFIC INFORMATION SUCH AS THE TIME STAMPS AND DIFFERENTIAL TIME STAMPS. A COUNTER (27) IS RESPONSIVE TO A CONTROLLED RECEIVER CLOCK SIGNAL AND THE COUNT VALUE OF THIS COUNTER IS SAMPLED AT THE ARRIVAL OF TRANSPORT PACKETS INCLUDING A FLAG INDICATING THE PRESENCE OF A TIME STAMP. CIRCUITRY IS DESCRIBED FOR USING THE TIME STAMPS AND THE SAMPLED COUNT VALUES OF THE RECEIVER COUNTER (36) TO PROVIDE A SIGNAL FOR CONTROLLING THE FREQUENCY OF THE RECEIVER CLOCK SIGNAL.FIGURE 3

Number of Claims

4

Number of pages of claims

4

Number of pages of drawing

5

Number of pages of full specification

9

MY 163465-A

Title SYNCHRONIZATION ARRANGEMENT FOR A COMPRESSED VIDEO SIGNAL Client Reference 13876MY4/PM/ANA/HJJ Received Date 04 Nov 2015 Application Number PI 2015002705 Grant Date 15 Sep 2017 OPI Date 13 Nov 1994 Filing Date 24 Apr 1994 Expiration Date 15 Sep 2032

Renewal Due Date

Please be aware to renew your patent before this date is reached, or else your patent will become expired. 15 Sep 2024

Agent

PATRICK MIRANDAH

Applicant / Owner

GE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, INC., ONE INDEPENDENCE WAY (US)

Inventors

JOEL WALTER ZDEPSKI

International Patent Classification

C09C 1/00 Treatment of specific inorganic materials other than fibrous fillers Preparation of carbon black 2006.01 11 Dec 2015 H03M 7/30 . Compression Expansion Suppression of unnecessary data, e.g. redundancy reduction 2006.01 11 Dec 2015

Priority

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US) 13 May 1993 060,924

Abstract

Apparatus for developing synchronization of an intermediate layer of signal such as the transport or multiplex layer of a multi-layered compressed video signal, includes at the encoding end of the system apparatus (13,23,25) for including a time stamp reference, such as a count value from a modulo K counter (23), and provision for a differential time stamp related to time stamps of a further compressed signal or differential transit times of respective transport packets. Flags are included in transport packets of signal to indicate the presence or absence of the time stamps or differential time stamps. At the receiving end of the system, circuitry examines respective packets for the condition of the flags to locate specific information such as the time stamps and differential time stamps. A counter (27) is responsive to a controlled receiver clock signal and the count value of this counter is sampled at the arrival of transport packets including a flag indicating the presence of a time stamp. Circuitry is described for using the time stamps and the sampled count values of the receiver counter (36) to provide a signal for controlling the frequency of the receiver clock signal.

Number of Claims

16

Number of pages of claims

16

Number of pages of drawing

8

Number of pages of full specification

24

MY 177139-A

Title SYNCHRONIZATION ARRANGEMENT FOR A COMPRESSED VIDEO SIGNAL Client Reference 25053MY00005 Received Date 14 Sep 2017 Application Number PI 2015002705 Grant Date 08 Sep 2020 OPI Date 24 Oct 1995 Filing Date 24 Apr 1994 Expiration Date 08 Sep 2035

Renewal Due Date

Please be aware to renew your patent before this date is reached, or else your patent will become expired. 08 Sep 2024

Agent

PATRICK MIRANDAH

Applicant / Owner

GE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, INC., ONE INDEPENDENCE WAY (US)

Inventors

JOEL WALTER ZDEPSKI

Priority

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US) 13 May 1993 060,924

Abstract

Apparatus for developing synchronization of an intermediate layer of signal such as the transport or multiplex layer of a multi-layered compressed video signal, includes at the encoding end of the system apparatus (13,23,25) for including a time stamp reference, such as a count value from a modulo K counter (23), and provision for a differential time stamp related to time stamps of a further compressed signal or differential transit times of respective transport packets. Flags are included in transport packets of signal to indicate the presence or absence of the time stamps or differential time stamps. At the receiving end of the system, circuitry examines respective packets for the condition of the flags to locate specific information such as the time stamps and differential time stamps. A counter (27) is responsive to a controlled receiver clock signal and the count value of this counter is sampled at the arrival of transport packets including a flag indicating the presence of a time stamp. Circuitry is described for using the time stamps and the sampled count values of the receiver counter (36) to provide a signal for controlling the frequency of the receiver clock signal.

Number of Claims

5

Number of pages of claims

5

Number of pages of drawing

8

Number of pages of full specification

13

News log

2018-02-14 - Last US patent expired (Slashdot post)

2023-12-27 - Removed references of MY 128994, expired on 2022-03-30. Added MY 177139-A, appeared in current Via Licensing Patent List.

2024-02-24 - Rearranged and updated with lapsed new details.