Patent ID: 9338257
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method performed by a computing device having a processor and memory, the method comprising: receiving, by the processor, a first indication of a compression level for a first content type and a second indication of a compression level for a second content type, as determined by a user, wherein the compression level specifies a tolerance level for lossy compression; storing, by the processor, the first indication of the compression level for the first content type and the second indication of the compression level for the second content type, as determined by the user, with a user identifier, wherein the first indication and the second indication of the compression level are numerical values, respectively; receiving, by the processor, from the user a request for content, the content having at least two portions, selecting, by the processor, a compression method for each portion of the content based on a content type associated with each respective portion of the content; and transmitting, by the processor, the content, wherein the first portion of the content is compressed using a first compression method and the second portion is compressed using a second compression method,