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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
May. 05, 2004
John Blakeway Lacy, Warren, NJ (US);
Schuyler Reynier Quackenbush, Westfield, NJ (US);
James H. Snyder, North Plainfield, NJ (US);
John Blakeway Lacy, Warren, NJ (US);
Schuyler Reynier Quackenbush, Westfield, NJ (US);
James H. Snyder, North Plainfield, NJ (US);
AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for compressing media content is disclosed. The apparatus divides the media content into at least three predetermined portions, compresses each of the at least three portions using one of at least three different compression algorithms and makes the at least three compressed predetermined portions publicly available. Making the portions publicly available includes, for example, transmitting the portions over a computer network such as the Internet.