Abstract: An error correction compensating ones or zeros string suppression system and method for use in a digital transmission system is herein disclosed. In digital transmission systems utilizing error control coding (ECC)/forward error correction (FEC) to reduce the number of bit errors in a bit stream, long strings of ones and zeros are easily suppressed by detecting a prohibited length of ones or zeros, and flipping a bit in the string of ones or zeros. This method and system removes the violation of the ones or zeros bit string requirement by flipping a bit in the string, while the receiving side utilizes the error correction capability of the ECC/FEC to correct the inverted bit.

Abstract: A packetized data transmitter notes packet transmission times and the times, if any, of retransmission requests from a receiver. Based on the period between original transmission and retransmission of a dropped packet, the transmitter establishes a packet discard period, essentially a transmitter packet buffer length.

Abstract: A packetized data receiver establishes at the beginning of receiving each respective stream a buffer length for sending packets to higher levels of a protocol stack in the event that a packet is missed. This can be done by requesting retransmission of the first packet and measuring the actual time delay between request and receipt of the retransmitted packet.

Abstract: A videoconferencing method consistent with certain embodiments involves receiving a video stream via a broadband network connection at a television display to display a remote party's inbound video information. A video stream is transmitted via a wireless cellular telephone's camera to the remote party to provide outbound video information. Inbound audio is received from the remote party via the broadband network connection at the television display and playing the audio using the television display's audio circuits. Outbound audio is transmitted to the remote party via the wireless cellular telephone's audio circuits. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a plurality of columns bound together, configured to display a single row of pixels scanned out from top to bottom. It also comprises a timing control unit to synchronize between the columns to allow all pixels of a single row to be lit at the same time.