Re: Some Facts revisited (Score 2)

The patent you referenced doesn't appear to actually protect the storage format (I just read it and all the claims, and I don't see it that way). Although with all the very specific claims (it's a very well-designed patent compared to many I've seen), it does look difficult to create an MP3 file out of an analog source file without using ANY of the mechanisms outlined in all the claims on this patent. Whether or not this patent will be enforced remains to be seen - but I can't imagine how one might go about encoding an MP3 without using tabluar lookups and the other mechanisms that appear to be protected...