Input data format autodetection systems and methods
US6205223A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 13, 1998 |
| Grant date | Mar 20, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 13, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L19/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of automatically detecting a data format type of a stream of data. A determination is made as to whether a current word and a previously received words comprise a set of identifiers associated with a selected type of data. When a preselected number of detections of the set of identifiers has been reached within a predefined time period, the input stream is declared to be the selected type of data. Simultaneously, when the selected type of data is not detected, other data types are sequentially selected for similar checking. This successive selection of different data types allows the method to classify the input data into one out of multiple data types.
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