Patent ID: 7774705

Claim:
A method for determining a visual representation for an input media object, the method comprising: (a) determining, from the input media object and based on a set of encoding parameters, a first visual representation to be displayed or printed on a first tangible display medium and a separate second visual representation to be displayed or printed on a second tangible display medium, the first visual representation including a picture having reference information comprising at least one non-encoded key frame of the content of the input media object, the second visual representation including compact form machine-readable manipulation information operable to be applied to the reference information to generate output media information that is substantially similar to input media information of the input media object, the output media information including at least one of audio and visual information, the compact form machine-readable manipulation information of the second visual representation being unable to be used by itself to generate output media information that is substantially similar to input media information of the input media object; (b) creating an output media object to be displayed or printed on a third display medium from the first and second visual representations based on a set of decoding parameters and containing the output media information; (c) receiving an indication indicating that the first and second visual representations or the output media object are acceptable or unacceptable; (d) if the indication indicates that the first and second visual representations or the output media object are unacceptable, changing at least one parameter in an element selected from a group consisting of the set of encoding parameters and the set of decoding parameters; (e) performing steps (a)-(d) until an indication indicating that the first and second visual representations or the output media object are acceptable is received.