Patent ID: 7830965

Claim:
A multimedia distributing method comprising: transmitting by a transmitter multimedia data having a first resolution; and separately transmitting by a transmitter supplemental data, which, when combined by a programmed computer processor with the multimedia data having a first resolution, provides multimedia content at a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution, wherein transmitting multimedia data is performed in real or near real-time, and wherein separately transmitting supplemental data is not performed in real or near real-time; wherein the first resolution comprises a first sampling frequency, a first compression ratio, a first frequency range, a first number of bits of resolution, a first distortion level, a first number of pixels, a first frame rate, a first number of colors and/or a first coding rate; and wherein the second resolution comprises, respectively, a second sampling frequency that is higher than the first sampling frequency, a second compression ratio that is lower than the first compression ratio, a second frequency range that is wider than the first frequency range, a second number of bits of resolution that is greater than the first number of bits of resolution, a second distortion level that is lower than the first distortion level, a second number of pixels that is greater than the first number of pixels, a second frame rate that is greater than the first frame rate, a second number of colors that is greater than the first number of colors and/or a second coding rate that is higher than the first coding rate.