Scalable differential compression of network data
US7640354B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 1, 2006 |
| Grant date | Dec 29, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99937
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for scalable differential compression for network data. Network data exchanged between Wide Area Network (“WAN”) acceleration devices is cached at physical recordable-type computer-readable media having (potentially significantly) larger storage capacities than available system memory. The cached network data is indexed through features taken from a subset of the cached data (e.g., per segment) to reduce overhead associated with searching for cached network data to use for subsequent compression. When a feature match is detected between received and cached network data, the cached network data can be loaded from the physical recordable-type computer-readable media into system memory to facilitate data compression between Wide Area Network (“WAN”) acceleration devices more efficiently.
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