Claims
- 1. An apparatus for compressing media content, the apparatus comprising:
means for dividing the media content into at least three predetermined portions; means for compressing each of the at least three portions using one of at least three different compression algorithms; and means for making the at least three compressed predetermined portions publicly available.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
means for grouping each of the at least three compressed portions of the media content into at least three portions of a data frame.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the means for making the at least three predetermined portions publicly available further includes means for transmitting the data frame over a computer network.
- 4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the means for making the at least three compressed predetermine portions publicly available further comprises means for storing the at least three compressed predetermined portions in a memory device.
- 5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the memory device is a CD ROM.
- 6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one of the at least three compression algorithms is a private data-based compression algorithm.
- 7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein at least one of the at least three compression algorithms is public data-based compression algorithm.
- 8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the private data-based compression algorithm includes associated initial data, the apparatus further comprising:
means for encrypting the associated initial data of the at least one private data-based compression algorithm; and means for making the encrypted associated initial data publicly available.
- 9. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the means for making the three compressed portions publicly available further comprises means for transmitting the fame over a computer network.
- 10. An apparatus for compressing media content that has been divided into three portions, the apparatus comprising:
means for compressing each of the three portions using a different data-based compression algorithm; and means for making the three compressed portions publicly available.
- 11. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:
means for grouping each compressed portion into a portion of a frame.
- 12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the means for making the three compressed portions publicly available further comprise means for storing the three compressed portions in a memory device.
- 13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the memory device is a CD ROM.
- 14. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the at least one of the data-based compression algorithms is a private data-based compression algorithm.
- 15. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the at least one of the data-based compression algorithms is a public data-based compression algorithm.
- 16. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the private data-based compression algorithm further comprises associated initial data, the apparatus further comprising:
means for encrypting the associated initial data of the at least one private data-based compression algorithm; and means for making the associated initial data publicly available.
- 17. A data stream of compressed media content, the data stream being contained in a computer-readable medium and generated according to a method comprising:
dividing the media content into at least three predetermined portions; compressing each of the at least three portions using one of at least three different compression algorithms; and making the at least three compressed predetermined portions publicly available.
- 18. The data stream of claim 1, wherein the method used to generate the data stream further comprises:
grouping each of the at least three compressed portions of the media content into at least three portions of a data frame.
- 19. The data stream of claim 17, wherein making the at least three predetermined portions publicly available further comprises transmitting the data frame over a computer network.
- 20. The data stream of claim 17, wherein making the at least three compressed predetermine portions publicly available further comprises storing the at least three compressed predetermined portions in a memory device.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is related to an application (Attorney Docket No. Lacy 14) entitled “Quality Degradation Through Compression/Decompression” by Jack B. Lacy and James H. Snyder, and filed concurrently with the present application.
Continuations (2)
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09863286 |
May 2001 |
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10839368 |
May 2004 |
US |
Parent |
08888014 |
Jul 1997 |
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09863286 |
May 2001 |
US |