Image and video indexing scheme for content analysis

An apparatus for obtaining one or more output images comprising:

• one or more images in a database configured to be examined for one or more first compression patterns;
• a dictionary for recording said first compression patterns;
• a request configured to be obtained for said one or more output images;
• and
• said output images configured to be obtained using said first compression patterns.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein configured to obtain one or more output images, said computer program product comprising:
• computer readable code configured to cause a computer to examine one or more images in a database for one or more first compression patterns;
• computer readable code configured to cause a computer to record said first compression patterns;
• computer readable code configured to cause a computer to obtain a request for said one or more output images;
• and
• computer readable code configured to cause a computer to obtain said output images using said first compression patterns.