Appeal No. 2004-0515 Application No. 09/400,960 decoded, modified, and coded to obtain coded modified data. A determination is made as to whether a satisfactory result will be obtained by re-using the set of parameters, which had been established for decoding the coded data, for decoding the coded modified data. If so, the established set of parameters is added to the coded modified data for decoding purposes. If a satisfactory result will not be obtained by re-using established parameters, a new set of parameters is added to the coded modified data for decoding. Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as follows: 1. A method of modifying coded data (CD) which is accompanied by a set of parameters (PAR) for decoding the coded data (CD), the method comprising the steps of: decoding (DEC1), at least partially, the coded data (CD) so as to obtain decoded data (DD); modifying (MOD) the decoded data (DD) so as to obtain modified data (MD); coding (ENC2) the modified data (MD) so as to obtain coded modified data (CMD); examining (EXAM) whether a satisfactory result will be obtained, if the set of parameters (PAR) for decoding the coded data (CD) is applied for decoding (DEC2) the coded modified data (CMD); and 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007