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The article about LTE patents present MPEG LA's patents as the best, so lets then list the actually patents in use: http://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2009-Jul...

Lets pick the first one on the list... Afterall, MPEG LA's patents is the best example of LTE patents, so any ones of theirs must be good.

http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Se... A method and apparatus for variable accuracy inter-picture timing specification for digital video encoding is disclosed. Specifically, the present invention discloses a system that allows the relative timing of nearby video pictures to be encoded in a very efficient manner. In one embodiment, the display time difference between a current video picture and a nearby video picture is determined.

A great patent. Very novel. Very clear.



I'm not sure what the encoder patents have to do with LTE, other than the fact that MPEG LA is organizing an LTE patent pool. I was thinking more like this: http://www.google.com/patents?hl=en&lr=&vid=USPAT798....




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