System and method for streaming media
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1. A method of compressing a media signal, comprising:
- processing the media signal to increase a number of null blocks in the media signal, wherein a difference between corresponding null blocks of preceding frames is zero; and
replacing each of the null blocks in the media signal with a single bit having a first value.
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Abstract
A system and method for streaming media transmission employ a compression technology in which null pixel blocks are drastically compressed an additional null pixel blocks are created in the video signal. Various applications of the invention are described, including recorded media distribution, live streamed media distribution, and email distribution.
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1. A method of compressing a media signal, comprising:
- processing the media signal to increase a number of null blocks in the media signal,
wherein a difference between corresponding null blocks of preceding frames is zero; and
replacing each of the null blocks in the media signal with a single bit having a first value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- processing the media signal to increase a number of null blocks in the media signal,
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9. A method of compressing a media signal, comprising:
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processing the media signal to increase a number of null blocks in the media signal, wherein a difference between corresponding null blocks of preceding frames is zero;
replacing each of the null blocks in the media signal with a first value, said first value being represented by one or more bits; and
appending a second value other than the first value to a block in the media signal that is not one of the null blocks, said first value being represented by one or more bits. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A method for decompressing a media signal comprising:
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replacing a specified bit in the media signal with a null block if the specified bit has a first value, wherein the null block represents a zero difference between corresponding null blocks of preceding frames; and
converting the null block into a non-null block. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
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19. A method of decompressing a media signal, comprising:
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replacing a specified first value in the media signal with a null block, wherein the null block represents a zero difference between corresponding null blocks of preceding frames and the first value is represented by one or more bits;
discarding a second value, other than the first value, in the media signal, said second value being represented by one or more bits; and
converting the null block into a non-null block.
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