Appeal No. 1999-0003 Page 10
Application No. 08/642,742
hierarchically below both the first high level encoding format
and a second high level format, wherein the second high level
format lies hierarchically above the low level format and is
different from the first high level encoding format[;]” “[a]
storage medium having stored thereon a plurality of
instructions for processing video data, wherein the plurality
of instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the
processor to perform the steps of (a) providing data encoded
in a first high level encoding format that lies hierarchically
above a low level format; (b) partially decoding the data to
provide data encoded in an interim level encoding format that
lies hierarchically above the low level format and
hierarchically below both the first high level encoding format
and a second high level format, wherein the second high level
format lies hierarchically above the low level format and is
different from the first high level encoding format[; and]”
“[a]n apparatus for processing video data, comprising: (a) a
first format partial decoder; and (b) a second format partial
encoder; wherein: the first format partial decoder partially
decodes data encoded in a first high level encoding format to
provide data encoded in an interim level encoding format that
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