Patent ID: 7545530
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for preparing a file for downloading over a link, the system comprising: one or more processors; and a computer-readable storage device, comprising instructions operable to cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising: receiving a selection for a file to prepare for downloading over a link; retrieving current settings reflective of desired settings for compressing the file, the current settings defining a first compressed file size for the file; automatically deriving alternative compression settings, the alternative compression settings including compression settings scaled from the current settings and defining alternative compressed file sizes for the file, the alternative compressed file sizes being different from the first compressed file size; and substantially simultaneously presenting to a user a plurality of variations of the file where at least one variation is generated using the current settings and at least one variation is generated using one or more of the alternative compression settings that define the alternative compressed file sizes of the variation.