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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Utpal Datta, Bedford, NH (US);
David G Carlson, Nashua, NH (US);
Assignee:
Cabletron Systems, Inc., Rochester, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382232 ; 382197 ; 382201 ; 345121 ;
Abstract
Data compression and decompression are performed on a series of data points, by expressing a plurality of data points as an equation or a series of equations. Variable accuracies, and accordingly variable compression ratios, may be provided. Multiple versions of the compressed data, with corresponding multiple accuracy levels, and resulting multiple decompressions may be displayed for comparison. The method and apparatus may be used for storing network statistical data.