Variable-length message formats and methods of assembling and communicating variable-length messages
US6483446B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 2, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 19, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 2, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03M7/40
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for assembling and communicating variable-length data messages over a computer network is adapted to access a master set of predefined data structures and select for inclusion within an assembled message those predefined data structures within the master set meeting a predetermined set of inclusion criteria. A message is assembled to include a set of selected predefined structures and an index including a set of index references. Each index reference corresponds to a data structure within the message and is indicative of the content of the data structure to which it corresponds. An offset reference is associated with each index reference of a selected set of index references included in the index. An offset reference is indicative of the location within the assembled message of a predefined data structure corresponding to the index reference with which the offset references is associated.
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