Application based adaptive encoding

1. A method for encoding dynamic image information for an image generated by a computer application, the method comprising performing by processing circuitry:

determining at least one characteristic of a computer application, said at least one characteristic comprising one or both of: a name of said computer application and/or a type of said computer application;

determining a first set of information describing a reference image; and

determining a second set of information describing an image generated, at least in part, by the computer application, the second set of information comprising information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image,

wherein determining the second set of information comprises determining the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image based, at least in part, on said determined at least one characteristic of the computer application.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

determining said at least one characteristic comprises determining the type of said computer application; and

determining the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image comprises determining the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image based, at least in part, on the determined type of the computer application.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image comprises determining, based at least in part on said determined at least one characteristic of the computer application, a set of primary movement directions for describing the image relative to the reference image.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the set of primary movement directions is an exclusive list of movement directions for describing the image relative to the reference image.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein determining the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image comprises analyzing the difference between the image and the reference image using at least one of the set of primary movement directions.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image comprises determining, based at least in part on said determined at least one characteristic of the computer application, a set of primary movement distances for describing the image relative to the reference image.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the set of primary movement distances is an exclusive list of movement distances for describing the image relative to the reference image.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein determining the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image comprises analyzing the difference between the image and the reference image using at least one of the set of primary movement distances.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image comprises determining the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image based, at least in part, on an ordered list of movement directions.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the ordered list of movement directions depends, at least in part, on said determined at least one characteristic of the computer application.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the order of movement directions in the ordered list is based on respective likelihood of the image being displaced relative to the reference image in each of the movement directions in the ordered list.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image comprises determining the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image based, at least in part, on an ordered list of movement distances.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the ordered list of movement distances depends, at least in part, on said determined at least one characteristic of the computer application.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the order of movement distances in the ordered list is based on respective likelihood of the image being displaced relative to the reference image in each of the movement distances in the ordered list.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image comprises determining the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image based, at least in part, on the manner in which a user of the computer application is interacting with the computer application.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image comprises determining the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image based, at least in part, on characteristics of a current image view that is being provided to a user of the computer application.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image comprises determining the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image based, at least in part, on image movement capability provided to a user by the computer application.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image comprises determining, based at least in part on said determined at least one characteristic of the computer application, a set of primary movement directions and a set of primary movement distances for describing the image relative to the reference image.

19. An encoder module for encoding dynamic image information for an image generated by a computer application, the encoder module comprising:

at least one component comprising processing circuitry, where the at least one component is operable to, at least:

determine at least one characteristic of a computer application, said at least one characteristic comprising one or both of: a name of said computer application and/or a type of said computer application;

determine a first set of information describing a reference image; and

determine a second set of information describing an image generated, at least in part, by the computer application, the second set of information comprising information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image,

wherein the at least one component is operable to determine the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image based, at least in part, on said determined at least one characteristic of the computer application.

20. The encoder module of claim 19 , wherein the at least one component is operable to:

determine said at least one characteristic by, at least in part. operating to determine the type of said computer application; and

determine the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image by, at least in part, operating to determine the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image based, at least in part, on the determined type of the computer application.

21. The encoder module of claim 19 , wherein the at least one component is operable to determine the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image by, at least in part, operating to determine, based at least in part on said determined at least one characteristic of the computer application, a set of primary movement directions for describing the image relative to the reference image.

22. The encoder module of claim 21 , wherein the set of primary movement directions is an exclusive list of movement directions for describing the image relative to the reference image.

23. The encoder module of claim 21 , wherein the at least one component is operable to determine the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image by, at least in part, operating to analyze the difference between the image and the reference image using at least one of the set of primary movement directions.

24. The encoder module of claim 19 , wherein the at least one component is operable to determine the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image by, at least in part, operating to determine, based at least in part on said determined at least one characteristic of the computer application, a set of primary movement distances for describing the image relative to the reference image.

25. The encoder module of claim 24 , wherein the set of primary movement distances is an exclusive list of movement distances for describing the image relative to the reference image.

26. The encoder module of claim 24 , wherein the at least one component is operable to determine the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image by, at least in part, operating to analyze the difference between the image and the reference image using at least one of the set of primary movement distances.

27. The encoder module of claim 19 , wherein the at least one component is operable to determine the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image by, at least in part, operating to determine the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image based, at least in part, on an ordered list of movement directions.

28. The encoder module of claim 27 , wherein the ordered list of movement directions depends, at least in part, on said determined at least one characteristic of the computer application.

29. The encoder module of claim 27 , wherein the order of movement directions in the ordered list is based on respective likelihood of the image being displaced relative to the reference image in each of the movement directions in the ordered list.

30. The encoder module of claim 19 , wherein the at least one component is operable to determine the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image by, at least in part, operating to determine the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image based, at least in part, on an ordered list of movement distances.

31. The encoder module of claim 30 , wherein the ordered list of movement distances depends, at least in part, on said determined at least one characteristic of the computer application.

32. The encoder module of claim 30 , wherein the order of movement distances in the ordered list is based on respective likelihood of the image being displaced relative to the reference image in each of the movement distances in the ordered list.

33. The encoder module of claim 19 , wherein the at least one component is operable to determine the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image by, at least in part, operating to determine the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image based, at least in part, on the manner in which a user of the computer application is interacting with the computer application.

34. The encoder module of claim 19 , wherein the at least one component is operable to determine the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image by, at least in part, operating to determine the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image based, at least in part, on characteristics of a current image view that is being provided to a user of the computer application.

35. The encoder module of claim 19 , wherein the at least one component is operable to determine the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image by, at least in part, operating to determine the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image based, at least in part, on image movement capability provided to a user by the computer application.

36. The encoder module of claim 19 , wherein the at least one component is operable to determine the information indicative of movement between the image and the reference image by, at least in part, operating to determine, based at least in part on said determined at least one characteristic of the computer application, a set of primary movement directions and a set of primary movement distances for describing the image relative to the reference image.

37. The encoder module of claim 19 , wherein the at least one component comprises a motion estimation module.