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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2010
Applicants:
Jonathan Peter Buckingham, Bristol, GB;
Andrew Hana, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Jonathan Peter Buckingham, Bristol, GB;
Andrew Hana, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 7/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A history buffer for use in adaptive lossless data compression comprises a plurality of memory locations. The memory locations are partitioned into two or more segments, each segment configured to detect a match sequence independently of the other segments. Control logic is provided for controlling the detection of match sequences between the two or more segments.