Appeal No. 2003-2038
Application 09/288,833
smaller than the first buffering delay. The Examiner points out
that Adams teaches multiple video data streams that are received
and decoded simultaneously using multiple buffers and decoder
servers. The Examiner points out that Cellario teaches multiple
audio data streams from the same program source which could be
saved in multiple buffers. The Examiner argues that Adams uses
an input switch to control the flow rates of the two video data
streams on the two video lines. The first video data stream
flows at a first rate. The second video data stream flows at a
second rate, which could be different than the first one. The
Examiner points us to Adams, column 3, lines 20-29. See page 18
of the Examiner’s answer.
In the reply brief, Appellants argue that Adams and
Cellario fail to teach or suggest buffering data packets from one
of the sequences of a first receive buffer having a first
buffering delay and buffering data packets from another one of
the sequences in a second receive buffer having a second
buffering delay, the second buffering delay being smaller than
the first buffering delay, as set forth in claims 1 and 11.
Appellants point out that with reference to figure 3, Adams
discloses a video decompression system 100 that includes two
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