Patent ID: 7162094

Claim:
A method of transform-based encoding digital video content wherein the digital video content is represented in a two dimensional array of frequency coefficients, wherein the two dimensional array of frequency coefficients is represented in columns and rows, the columns represented by a variable n=0, 1, 2, or 3 and the rows represented by a variable m=0, 1, 2, or 3 the method comprising: scanning the two dimensional array of frequency coefficients in a scanning order staffing at 0 and ending at 15 further comprising: scanning the two dimensional array coefficient located at n=0 and m=0 at scanning order 0; scanning the two dimensional array coefficient located at n=0 and m=1 at scanning order 1; scanning the two dimensional array coefficient located at n=1 and m=0 at scanning order 2; scanning the two dimensional array coefficient located at n=0 and m=2 at scanning order 3; scanning the two dimensional array coefficient located at n=0 and m=3 at scanning order 4; scanning the two dimensional array coefficient located at n=1 and m=1 at scanning order 5; scanning the two dimensional array coefficient located at n=1 and m=2 at scanning order 6; scanning the two dimensional array coefficient located at n=1 and m=3 at scanning order 7; scanning the two dimensional array coefficient located at n=2 and m=0 at scanning order 8; scanning the two dimensional array coefficient located at n=2 and m=1 at scanning order 9; scanning the two dimensional array coefficient located at n=2 and m=3 at scanning order 10; scanning the two dimensional array coefficient located at n=2 and m=3 at scanning order 11; scanning the two dimensional array coefficient located at n=3 and m=0 at scanning order 12; scanning the two dimensional array coefficient located at n=3 and m=1 at scanning order 13; scanning the two dimensional array coefficient located at n=3 and m=2 at scanning order 14; and scanning the two dimensional array coefficient located at n=3 and m=3 at scanning order 15.