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Smith Micro gets patent for JPG stuffing

Better compression method, claim
By INQUIRER staff
Mon Mar 05 2007, 12:26
A PATENT to improve compression for digital images was awarded to Smith Micro Software, it said.

It was granted US patent 7,184,603 - a "system and method for lossless compression of digital images". This describes a method fr improving compression by applying adaptive techniques and is better than your average compression, said Smith.

The tech is a cornerstone of its Stuffit product line, said Smith. µ

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