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Apparatus for searching compressed data file

US4064489A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 6, 1975
Grant dateDec 20, 1977
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Expiry dateAug 6, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99931
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data processing system in which a sequence of records, each record containing data items of various types, is processed. The system is operable in a "remember" mode in which, if a data item of a particular type is not present in a particular record, the result of the last time that type of data item was processed is used as the result for the current record. This permits data files to be stored in a compressed form in which repeated data items are omitted.

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