Patent ID: 8873617

Claim:
A method for decoding video comprising: (a) decoding at least one first block of video using based upon a plurality of second blocks of said video; (b) based upon said plurality of second blocks of said video comprising blocks of different respective sizes, predicting said plurality of second blocks using a second technique, wherein said second technique comprises; (i) decoding a first group of said second blocks in a manner such that each of said first group of said second blocks is predicted independently of the other ones of said second blocks not included within said first group; (ii) decoding a second group of said second blocks in manner such that at least one block of said second group of said second blocks is predicted in a manner that is dependent on at least one block of said first group of said second blocks, where said first group of said second blocks does not include any blocks included in said second group of second blocks; where (iii) at least one of said second group of said second blocks is predicted by selecting from a plurality of prediction directions associated with said first group of second blocks, the number of said plurality of prediction directions based upon the size of said first group of second blocks; (c) based upon said plurality of second blocks of said video comprising blocks of the same size, predicting said plurality of second blocks using a first technique, where said first technique is different than said second technique.