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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2014
Dell Software Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Stewart Nutter, Mt Horeb, WI (US);
Quest Software Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes serializing a data set into a binary package. The serializing includes, for each element of the data set, determining whether the element includes a predefined multi-bit element value. The serializing further includes encoding a lead byte comprising a data-type identifier and a value indicator. Responsive to a determination that the element includes the predefined multi-bit element value, the encoding of the lead byte comprises setting the value indicator to a preconfigured indicator of the predefined multi-bit element value, the preconfigured indicator requiring fewer bits to represent than the predefined multi-bit element value. Responsive to a determination that the element does not include the predefined multi-bit element value, the encoding of the lead byte comprises setting the value indicator to a preconfigured value-follows indicator. The serializing additionally includes encoding an element-value bit stream when the value indicator is set to the preconfigured value-follows indicator.