CODING SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS DESIGNED

Brand	Owner	Address	Description
CODEQUEST	MEDQUIST IP CORPORATION	5000 Meridian Blvd., St. 200 Franklin TN 37067	Coding software applications designed to employ billing and reimbursement rules so as to assign correct medical codes to health care services rendered in patient care;CODE QUEST;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

An apparatus and method for variable length coding are provided. The apparatus for variable length coding includes a central processing unit which has a software module programmed in advance for variable length coding in a predetermined method, performs variable length coding of input symbol data by using the software module, and generates variable length code information. The apparatus further includes a bitstream processor which is a separate processor receiving the variable length code information from the central processing unit and generating a bitstream. According to the apparatus and method, modification or addition of a VLC table can be more easily performed through downloading software such that new video data coding standards can be easily supported. Also, by implementing the bitstream processor as a separate dedicated processor and thus implementing variable length coding as a software module, load to the central processing unit is reduced and high speed processing is enabled.