Custom character-coding compression for encoding and watermarking media content

摘要

A method of compressing media content in which a first predetermined portion of a media content is compressed using a first data-based compression algorithm (13) and inserted into a first portion of a data frame (15). A second predetermined portion of the media content is compressed using a second data-based compression algorithm and is inserted into a second portion of the data frame (16). The second predetermined portion of the media content is different from the first predetermined portion of the media content, and the second data-based compression algorithm is different from the first data-based compression algorithm. At least one of the first and second data-based compression algorithms is a private data-based compression algorithm. A plurality of data frames are generated and are made available for distribution, for example, by transmission over a computer network, such as the Internet.