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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2008
Sean R. Parent, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Glenn G. Gilley, Los Altos, CA (US);
Sean R. Parent, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Glenn G. Gilley, Los Altos, CA (US);
Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer program products for embedding a foreign data block in a host data file. In general, in one aspect, the computer-implemented method includes receiving a host data file, the host data file having a host data file format, receiving a packet to be embedded into the host data file, the packet including a foreign data block and further including a header and a trailer that delimit the foreign data block, the header including an identifier designed to be distinguishable from all other data in the host data file, a byte pattern that indicates a presence of the header, and a character encoding format of the foreign data block, the byte pattern selected based on the character encoding format of the foreign data block, and embedding the packet in the host data file.