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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2005
Applicants:
Galen G. Kerber, Lafayette, CO (US);
Jeffrey A. Riley, Westminster, CO (US);
Bijan Eskandari-gharnin, Littleton, CO (US);
Inventors:
Galen G. Kerber, Lafayette, CO (US);
Jeffrey A. Riley, Westminster, CO (US);
Bijan Eskandari-Gharnin, Littleton, CO (US);
Assignee:
Quantum Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 7/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for encoding a sequence of input data into a sequence of coded data, where the coded data is represented as literal data, as single-character references to recent input data, and as a references to one or more past input data. The references may be fixed in length or variable in length. The references may include an indication of a match offset and/or an indication of a match length.