Patent · US Expired

Method of representing data packages in compact form and of storing or transmitting the data packages

US7039624B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Lothar Merk · Weilmünster, DE
Thomas Schaeck · Eppelheim, DE
Thomas Stober · Herrenberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 14, 2000
Grant date	May 2, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 20, 2023

Classification

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

Abstract

A method whereby packages of data, and particularly Java objects, are represented in serialized form on a storage medium before they are transmitted or stored. The packages of data are examined for non-application-dependent identifications and are altered whereby the non-application-dependent identifications are replaced by substitutes which require little storage space. In a further embodiment, the application-dependent identifications too are represented by special substitutes. The data package is represented so that it can be stored on storage media and can be restored unchanged at any desired time on any desired system. The restoration is performed by applying the algorithm in a similar way but in reverse, once again in a black box.

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