Method for the production and transmission of enhanced multimedia information

Patent 5745379 Issued on April 28, 1998. Estimated Expiration Date:

August 20, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Lewis, Scott W.

Assignee

Multimedia Systems Corporation

Application

No. 700131 filed on 08/20/1996

US Classes:

709/247, Compressing/decompressing345/629, Merge or overlay358/1.15Communication

Examiners

Primary: Trammell, James P.
Assistant: Pipala, Edward

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Benman Collins & Sawyer

International Class

G09G 005/00

Abstract

An optimization method is disclosed that enhances the interactivity of multimedia information. The optimization method includes separating a multimedia information into primary and secondary layers and enhancing that information in the primary layers such that the perceived psychographic information quality is improved. This method has the advantage of providing compression and/or transmission algorithms to maximize enhancement of the multimedia information.