Abstract: A method for compressing and subsequently decompressing digital data communicated in an interactive computer network, the network designed to provide informational and transactional services to a very large population of users. The method features steps for compressing bytes of network data before transmission by substituting variable-length code words obtained from a fixed, look-up table, and, reconstituting the bytes using a fixed, decompression look-up table when the code words are received at the data reception site.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 18, 1992
Date of Patent:
July 16, 1996
Inventors:
Jeffrey N. Denenberg, Edward D. Weinberger, Michael L. Gordon