Method of optimizing media used to display moving images

An apparatus comprising:

• a processing unit;
• and
• a memory readable by the processing unit and comprising instructions stored thereon to cause the processing unit to:
• create a copy of a media file as an optimized media file;
• assign a metadata tag to each frame in a plurality of sequential frames in the media file;
• create a metadata playback file for storing a playback list for use in playback;
• designate a first frame in the plurality of sequential frames as a first reference frame of a plurality of reference frames;
• compare a next frame in the plurality of sequential frames to each one of the plurality of reference frames to determine if a degree of similarities between the next frame and one of the plurality of reference frames is above a threshold or a degree of differences between the next frame and the one of the plurality of reference frames is below the threshold;
• upon determining that the degree of similarities between the next frame and one of the plurality of reference frames is above the threshold or the degree of differences between the next frame and the one of the plurality of reference frames is below the threshold, label the next frame as a repeated frame, delete the repeated frame from the optimized media file and insert the metadata tag for the one of the plurality of reference frames in the playback list;
• upon determining that the degree of similarities is below the threshold or the degree of differences is above the threshold, label the next frame as a next reference frame in the plurality of reference frames, and insert the metadata tag for the next frame in the playback list;
• and
• repeat the process of comparing the next frame in the plurality of sequential frames to each of the plurality of reference frames until all the frames in the plurality of sequential frames have been compared to all of the plurality of reference frames,
• wherein comparing the next frame in the plurality of sequential frames to each one of the plurality of reference frames includes comparing the next frame to each one of the plurality of reference frames until the degree of similarities between the next frame and the one of the plurality of reference frames is determined to be above the threshold or the degree of differences between the next frame and the one of the plurality of reference frames is found to be below the threshold, or until the next frame has been compared to all the plurality of reference frames.

An apparatus comprising:

• a processing means;
• and
• a memory means readable by the processing means and comprising instructions stored thereon to cause the processing means to:
• create a copy of a media file as an optimized media file;
• assign a metadata tag to each frame in a plurality of sequential frames in the animation file;
• create a metadata playback file for storing a playback list for use in playback;
• designate a first frame in the plurality of sequential frames as a first reference frame of a plurality of reference frames;
• compare a next frame in the plurality of sequential frames to each one of the plurality of reference frames to determine if a degree of similarities between the next frame and one of the plurality of reference frames is above a threshold or a degree of differences between the next frame and the one of the plurality of reference frames is below the threshold;
• upon determining that the degree of similarities between the next frame and one of the plurality of reference frames is above the threshold or the degree of differences between the next frame and the one of the plurality of reference frames is below the threshold, label the next frame as a repeated frame, delete the repeated frame from the optimized media file and insert the metadata tag for the one of the plurality of reference frames in the playback list;
• upon determine that the degree of similarities is below the threshold or the degree of differences is above the threshold, label the next frame as a next reference frame in the plurality of reference frames, and insert the metadata tag for the next frame in the playback list;
• and
• repeat the process of comparing the next frame in the plurality of sequential frames to each of the plurality of reference frames until all the frames in the plurality of sequential frames have been compared to all of the plurality of reference frames,
• wherein comparing the next frame in the plurality of sequential frames to each one of the plurality of reference frames includes comparing the next frame to each one of the plurality of reference frames until the degree of similarities between the next frame and the one of the plurality of reference frames is determined to be above the threshold or the degree of differences between the next frame and the one of the plurality of reference frames is found to be below the threshold, or until the next frame has been compared to all the plurality of reference frames.

A method for optimizing a media file comprising a plurality of sequential frames, wherein each of the frames is associated with a metadata tag, and the frames include a plurality of designated reference frames, the method comprising:

• creating a metadata playback file for storing a playback list for use in playback;
• comparing a next frame in the plurality of sequential frames to each one of the plurality of reference frames to determine if a degree of similarities between the next frame and one of the plurality of reference frames meets a threshold requirement;
• upon determining that the degree of similarities between the next frame and one of the plurality of reference frames meets the threshold requirement, labeling the next frame as a repeated frame, deleting the repeated frame from the media file and inserting the metadata tag for the one of the plurality of reference frames in the playback list;
• upon determining that the degree of similarities does not meet the threshold requirement, labeling the next frame as a next reference frame in the plurality of reference frames, and inserting the metadata tag for the next frame in the playback list;
• and
• repeating the process of comparing the next frame in the plurality of sequential frames to each of the plurality of reference frames until all the frames in the plurality of sequential frames have been compared to all of the plurality of reference frames,
• wherein comparing the next frame in the plurality of sequential frames to each one of the plurality of reference frames includes comparing the next frame to each one of the plurality of reference frames until the next frame has been compared to all of the plurality of reference frames.

A system comprising:

• a processing unit;
• and
• a memory readable by the processing unit and comprising instructions stored thereon to cause the processing unit to:
• create a copy of a media file as an optimized media file;
• assign a metadata tag to each frame in a plurality of sequential frames in the media file;
• create a metadata playback file for storing a playback list for use in playback;
• designate a first frame in the plurality of sequential frames as a first reference frame of a plurality of reference frames;
• compare a next frame in the plurality of sequential frames to each one of the plurality of reference frames to determine if a degree of similarities between the next frame and one of the plurality of reference frames meets a threshold requirement;
• upon determining that the degree of similarities between the next frame and one of the plurality of reference frames is meets the threshold requirement, label the next frame as a repeated frame, delete the repeated frame from the optimized media file and insert the metadata tag for the one of the plurality of reference frames in the playback list;
• upon determining that the degree of similarities does not meets the threshold requirement, label the next frame as a next reference frame in the plurality of reference frames, and insert the metadata tag for the next frame in the playback list;
• and
• repeat the process of comparing the next frame in the plurality of sequential frames to each of the plurality of reference frames until all the frames in the plurality of sequential frames have been compared to all of the plurality of reference frames,
• wherein comparing the next frame in the plurality of sequential frames to each one of the plurality of reference frames includes comparing the next frame to each one of the plurality of reference frames until the next frame has been compared to all of the plurality of reference frames.