Claims
- 1. A method of compressing media content, comprising:dividing the media content into at least three predetermined portions; compressing each of the at least three predetermined portions using one of at least three different compression algorithm; and making the at least three compressed predetermined portions publicly available.
- 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:grouping each of the at least three compressed predetermined portions of the media content into at least three portions of a data frame.
- 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step of making the at least three compressed predetermined portions publicly available includes the step of transmitting the data frame over a computer network.
- 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of making the at least three compressed predetermined portions publicly available includes the step of storing the at least three compressed predetermined portions in a memory device.
- 5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the memory device is a CD ROM.
- 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the at least three compression algorithms is a private data-based compression algorithm.
- 7. The method according to claim 6, wherein at least one of the at least three compression algorithms is a public data-based compression algorithm.
- 8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the private data-based compression algorithm includes associated initial data, the method further comprising the steps of:encrypting the associated initial data of the least one private data-based compression algorithm; and making the encrypted associated initial data publicly available.
- 9. A method of compressing media content that has been divided into three portions, comprising:compressing each of the three portions using a different data-based compression algorithm; and making the three compressed portions publicly available.
- 10. The method of claim 9, further comprising: grouping each compressed portion into a portion of a frame.
- 11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the step of making the three compressed portions publicly available includes the step of transmitting the frame over a computer network.
- 12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the step of making the three compressed portions publicly available includes the step of storing the three compressed portions in a memory device.
- 13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the memory device is a CD ROM.
- 14. The method according to claim 9, wherein at least one of the data-based compression algorithms is a private data-based compression algorithm.
- 15. The method according to claim 14, wherein at least one of the data-based compression algorithms is a public data-based compression algorithm.
- 16. The method according to claim 14, wherein the private data-based compression algorithm includes associated initial data, the method further comprising the steps of:encrypting the associated initial data of the least one private data-based compression algorithm; and making the encrypted associated initial data publicly available.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/888,014, filed Jul. 3, 1997 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,266,419). The parent application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/888,009, filed Jul. 3, 1997, (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,111,844) and entitled, “Quality Degradation Through Compression/Decompression” by Jack B. Lacy and James H. Snyder, and filed concurrently with the parent application.
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