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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1996
Joseph M Morgan, Amarillo, TX (US);
Michael D Harold, Shreveport, LA (US);
Gemini Systems, Inc., Shreveport, LA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for implementing one or more specific purpose rule-based n-bit virtual processing machines. Specific purposes include, but are not limited to, encryption, compression, and arbitrary precision arithmetic. Each virtual machine consists of a command processor, a rule-base, and an interface between the command processor and the rule-base. Each of the elements of a specific purpose rule-based n-bit virtual machine--the command processor, the rule-base, and the rule-base interface--is preferably implemented as software. In the preferred embodiment, the system uses a stored rule-base as its instruction set and provides for input and output in the form of variable length bit strings of length n where n is any number greater than zero. Each of the rules within the rule-base performs one or more binary string operations against one or more variable length n-bit strings. The function of the rule-base is to provide a set of application specific rules that allows the machine to perform a particular task such as encryption, data compression, or arbitrary precision arithmetic. The system includes a method for providing a software interface to the rule-base. This interface may be a separate program or may be contained within the command processor. The command processor receives input in the form of one or more n-bit data types, performs rule-based operations on the data, and returns output in the form of one or more n-bit data types. Specific system and methods for performing data encryption, data compression, and arbitrary precision arithmetic using the invention are described.