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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1998
Kenneth Louis Milsted, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Kha Dinh Nguyen, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Qing Gong, WPB, FL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of automatically selecting processing parameters for encoding digital content. Metadata containing the genre of the digital content, receiving the compression level selected for encoding the digital content is received. An algorithm selected for encoding the digital content is received. And a previously defined table to select the processing parameters for encoding the digital content based on the genre of the content, the compression level selected and the algorithm selected is indexed and the processing parameters are retrieved. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, an apparatus is described to carry out the above method