Patent ID: 7051047

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for combining multimedia files, comprising wherein the computer-implemented method comprises the steps of: selecting a plurality of multimedia files of the same kind or different kinds to be combined; grasping structures of each of the selected multimedia files; and combining the selected plurality of multimedia files based on the grasped structures of the files; wherein the step of combining the multimedia files comprises the following sub-steps, if the multimedia files are of the same kind: renewing a header of the first multimedia file so as to include information on a file to be generated as a result of combination; removing each header of the multimedia files except the first multimedia file; combining the first multimedia file with the remaining multimedia files, the headers of which have been removed; and revising the header of the first multimedia file to conform to a predefined protocol, wherein the step of combining the multimedia files comprises the following sub-steps, if the multimedia files to be combined are of different kinds: combining the multimedia files and adding information on each of the multimedia files to the combined file.