| US 7,599,434 B2 | ||
| System and method for compressing portions of a media signal using different codecs | ||
| Jodie L. Reynolds, 13389 Folsom Blvd., #300-303, Folsom, Calif. 95630 (US); Robert W. Ingraham, 127 Honey Cook Cir., Folsom, Calif. 95630 (US); Lawrence S. Reznick, 4345 Morpheus La., Sacramento, Calif. 95864 (US); John E. Wilkinson, 3416 Lindi Ct., Carmichael, Calif. 95608 (US); Jack A. Prock, 897 Farley Ct., Folsom, Calif. 95630 (US); and Danny L. Mabey, 947 N. Oakridge Dr., Farmington, Utah 84025 (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 23, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/692,106. | ||
| Application 10/692106 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/256866, filed on Sep. 26, 2002, granted, now 7,295,608. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/325483, filed on Sep. 26, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0086039 A1, May 06, 2004 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. H04N 7/12 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 375—240.01 [375/240; 375/240.12] | 57 Claims |
| 1. A media compression method comprising:
using a computer to perform the steps of:
obtaining a media signal to be communicated to a destination system;
identifying, by an identification module, a plurality of scenes within the media signal;
automatically selecting different codecs, by a selection module, from a codec library to respectively compress at least two
of the scenes, wherein the codecs are automatically selected to produce a highest compression quality for the respective scenes
according to a set of criteria without exceeding a target data rate;
compressing, by a compression module, the scenes using the automatically selected codecs; and
delivering, by an output module, the compressed scenes to the destination system with an indication of which codec was used
to compress each scene.
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