Method and apparatus for compressing data
US5563595A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 23, 1993 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 23, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T9/005
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for compressing data including apparatus for using a received data element as an address to a location in a memory, an apparatus for determining whether the addressed memory location contains a first record of a first matching data element, and an apparatus for generating a pointer to the first matching data element. In addition, a method for compressing data including the steps of using a received data element as an address to a location in a memory, determining whether the addressed memory location contains a first record of a first matching data element, and generating a pointer to the first matching data element.
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