Appeal No. 2004-1031
Application No. 09/448,952
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads
as follows:
1. A method for compressing image data from an uncompressed
image file including image data and descriptive data characterizing
the image, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) receiving a [sic, an] uncompressed image file;
(b) reviewing descriptive data associated with the
uncompressed image file for predetermined image
characteristics;
(c) selecting a data compression routine from a plurality of
candidate routines based at least partially on the
descriptive data, wherein the predetermined image
characteristics include an imaging modality from a
plurality of imaging modalities; and
(d) compressing at least the image data in accordance with
the selected routine.
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