Patent ID: 8594178

Claim:
A method for video coding, comprising: sending a compressed bit stream from a video encoder to a plurality of channels, wherein the channels are associated with a target bit rate and a plurality of distortion metrics, the distortion metrics comprising information associated with video display characteristics, the video display characteristics comprising a screen display size, a measurement of video processing performance, a distortion characteristic, a temporal characteristic, or a spatial characteristic; ranking the plurality of distortion metrics in each channel based on associating distortion metrics' information for a video display characteristic with a similar characteristic of a first video display; relating one or more of the distortion metrics from one of the channels to the characteristic of the first video display by selecting one or more high ranking distortion metrics; eliminating unrelated distortion metrics, wherein the one or more high ranking distortion metrics identify one or more video display features; and sending video data to the first video display with the one or more distortion metrics that relate to the characteristic of the first video display.